Alignment-Insensitive Coupling for PLC-Based Surface Mount Photonics

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 269-271

  Vernooy, David W ^a   Paslaski, Joel S ^a   Blauvelt, Henry A ^a   Lee, Robert B ^a   Vahala, Kerry J ^b  

^a Xponent Photonics   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Integrated optics; Integrated optoelectronics; Optical planar waveguide components; Optical planar waveguide couplers

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONICS PACKAGING; FLIP CHIP DEVICES; INTEGRATED OPTICS; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

OPTICAL COUPLINGS;

WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

EID: 0347968067     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2003.819392     Document Type: Article

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