Journal
IEEE JOURNAL OF QUANTUM ELECTRONICS
Volume 38, Issue 7, Pages 949-955Publisher
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2002.1017613
Keywords
integrated optics; optical planar waveguide components; waveguide coupler
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We have designed and fabricated an out-of-plane coupler for butt-coupling from fiber to compact planar waveguides. The coupler is based on a short second-order grating or photonic crystal, etched in a waveguide with a low-index oxide cladding. The coupler is optimized using mode expansion-based simulations. Simulations using a 2-D model show that up to 74% coupling efficiency between single-mode fiber and a 240-nm-thick GaAs-AlOx waveguide is possible. We have measured 19% coupling efficiency on test structures.
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