Title :
Low-loss mode converter for silicon-polymer hybrid slot photonic crystal waveguide
Author :
Xingyu Zhang ; Subbaraman, Harish ; Zeyu Pan ; Chi-jui Chung ; Hosseini, Amir ; Chen, Ray T.
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate an efficient adiabatic mode converter for coupling light into a silicon slot photonic crystal waveguide with slot width as large as 320nm. The loss of the mode converter is measured to be 0.08dB.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; optical losses; optical polymers; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; silicon; Si; adiabatic mode converter; light coupling; low-loss mode converter; silicon-polymer hybrid slot photonic crystal waveguide; slot width; Electrooptical waveguides; Length measurement; Loss measurement; Optical losses; Optical variables measurement; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
