Design, realization, and characterization of 3-D taper for fiber/micro-waveguide coupling

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1354-1358

  Vivien, Laurent ^a   Le Roux, Xavier ^a   Lavai, Suzanne ^a   Cassan, Eric ^a   Marris Morini, Delphine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Couplers; Light polarization; Mode size converter; Optical fiber; Optical waveguide; Three dimensional (3 D) taper

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

SILICON ON INSULATOR WAVEGUIDE; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3-D) TAPERS;

WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

EID: 33845636461     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2006.885139     Document Type: Article

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