Efficient, broadband and compact metal grating couplers for silicon-on-insulator waveguides

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 9625-9630

  Scheerlinck, Stijn ^a   Schrauwen, Jonathan ^a   Van Laere, Frederik ^a   Taillaert, Dirk ^a   Van Thourhout, Dries ^a   Baets, Roel ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES; ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; OPTICAL FIBERS; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY;

BROADBAND COUPLING; GOLD GRATING COUPLES; LIFT-OFF STEP; METAL GRATINGS;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 34547441027     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.009625     Document Type: Article

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