High-coupling efficiency vertical ARROW coupler with large tolerance and short coupling length for three-dimensional optical interconnects

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1006-1008

  Ikuta, S ^a   Sekimoto, T ^a   Pan, W ^b   Chu, S T ^b   Kokubun, Y ^a,b  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAGAWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADDING (COATING); COUPLINGS; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; INTEGRATED OPTICS; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICON; SUBSTRATES;

ARROW TYPE VERTICAL COUPLER; DIRECTIONAL COUPLER; FABRICATION TOLERANCE; HIGH COUPLING EFFICIENCY; SHORT COUPLING LENGTH;

WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

EID: 0032667208     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.775328     Document Type: Article

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