Fabrication of silicon-on-insulator adiabatic tapers for low loss optical interconnection of photonic devices

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4997, Issue , 2003, Pages 157-170

  Fijol, J J ^a   Fike, E E ^a   Keating, P B ^a   Gilbody, D ^a   LeBlanc, J ^a   Jacobson, S A ^a   Kessler, W J ^a   Frish, M B ^a  

^a Confluent Photonics Corporation ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Adiabatic; Mode Conversion; SOI; Tapers

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; POLISHING; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

PHOTONIC DEVICES;

OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS;

EID: 0042862820     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.479371     Document Type: Conference Paper

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