Apodized waveguide grating couplers for efficient coupling to optical fibers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 1156-1158

  Chen, Xia ^a   Li, Chao ^a   Fung, Christy K Y ^a   Lo, Stanley M G ^a   Tsang, Hon K ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Gratings; integrated optics; silicon on insulator (SOI) technology; waveguide couplers

Indexed keywords

BACK REFLECTION; COUPLING EFFICIENCY; COUPLING LOSS; COUPLING STRENGTHS; DESIGN SIMULATIONS; EFFECTIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX; EFFICIENT COUPLING; FILL FACTOR; GRATING COUPLERS; MODE MATCHING; SILICON ON INSULATOR; SILICON-ON-INSULATOR (SOI) TECHNOLOGY; WAVEGUIDE GRATING COUPLER; WAVEGUIDE INTERFACES;

INTEGRATED OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PHOTONICS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS; WAVEGUIDES;

OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING;

EID: 77954596774     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2010.2051220     Document Type: Article

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