Efficient Membrane Grating Couplers on InP

被引:11
作者
Chen, Long [1 ]
Zhang, Liming [1 ]
Doerr, Christopher R. [1 ]
Dupuis, Nicolas [1 ]
Weimann, Nils G. [2 ]
Kopf, Rose F. [2 ]
机构
[1] Alcatel Lucent Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ 07733 USA
[2] Alcatel Lucent Bell Labs, Murray Hill, NJ 07974 USA
关键词
Integrated optics; optical coupling; optical planar waveguides;
D O I
10.1109/LPT.2010.2047391
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
We demonstrate an efficient coupler on InP using an etched grating on a suspended InGaAsP membrane. We measure a peak coupling efficiency of 40% (-4 dB) between a cleaved standard single-mode fiber and a conventional nonsuspended InGaAsP waveguide with a 3-dB bandwidth of similar to 45 nm.
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页码:890 / 892
页数:3
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