IEEE Photonics Technology Letters · 2014 · 129 citations · 32 references
EngineeringElectrical EngineeringMaterials ScienceOpticsOptoelectronicsPhotonicsIntegrated PhotonicsOptical WaveguidesPhotonic Integrated CircuitsPhotonic MaterialsSilicon PhotonicsWaveguidesCouplersFiber-to-chip CouplingIntegrated Optics CouplingIntegrated Photonic DevicesIntegrated WaveguidesSilicon WaveguidesTapered CouplersWaveguide Fabrication
We demonstrate a platform based on etched facet silicon inverse tapers for waveguide-lensed fiber coupling with a loss as low as 0.7 dB/facet. This platform can be fabricated on a wafer scale enabling mass-production of silicon photonic devices with broadband, high-efficiency couplers.
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Nanotaper for compact mode conversion
Vilson R. Almeida, Roberto R. Panepucci, Michal Lipson · Optics Letters · 2003 · 860 citations