Light injection in SOI microwaveguides using high-efficiency grating couplers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3810-3815

  Vivien, Laurent ^a   Pascal, Daniel ^a   Lardenois, Sebastien ^a,b   Marris Morini, Delphine ^a   Cassan, Eric ^a   Grillot, Frédéric ^a,c   Laval, Suzanne ^a   Fédéli, Jean Marc ^b   El Melhaoui, Loubna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b CEA LETI   (France)

^c INSA DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Grating coupler; Optical coupling; Rib waveguide; Silicon on insulator (SOI)

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY;

ANGULAR COUPLING RANGE; COUPLING EFFICIENCY; GRATING COUPLERS; RIB WAVEGUIDE;

WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

EID: 33750218839     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2006.878060     Document Type: Article

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