Compact focusing grating couplers for silicon-on-insulator integrated circuits

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 1919-1921

  Van Laere, Frederik ^a   Claes, Tom ^a   Schrauwen, Jonathan ^a   Scheerlinck, Stijn ^a   Bogaerts, Wim ^a   Taillaert, Dirk ^a   O'Faolain, Liam ^b   Van Thourhout, Dries ^a   Baets, Roel ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Focusing grating coupler; Gold; Integrated optics; Metal; Nanophotonic waveguides; Refractive index; Silicon on insulator technology; Silicon on insulator (SOI)

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FOCUSING; INTEGRATED OPTICS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

FIBER-TO-FOCUS EFFICIENCY; FOCUSING GRATING COUPLER; NANOPHOTONIC WAVEGUIDES;

SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 38049150855     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2007.908762     Document Type: Article

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