Title :
A four-port polarization diversity coupler for vertical fiber-chip coupling
Author :
Jinghui Zou ; Yu Yu ; Ye Mengyuan ; Lei Liu ; Shupeng Deng ; Xinliang Zhang
Author_Institution :
Wuhan Nat. Lab. for Optoelectron., Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Wuhan, China
Abstract :
We propose and fabricate a novel four-port polarization diversity coupler for vertical coupling. With the help of 45° reflectors and improved 2×1 couplers, an ultralow coupling loss of -4.8dB is experimentally measured with polarization insensitivity.
Keywords :
integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; four-port polarization diversity coupler fabrication; loss -4.8 dB; polarization insensitivity; reflectors; ultralow coupling loss; vertical fiber-chip coupling;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2015
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
