Abstract
A new coupler design consisting of a three-dimensional SU-8 taper and a silicon inverted nanotaper is presented. The fiber misalignment tolerance is ±3 μm and the coupler loss is 2.8 dB(TE) and 4.1 dB(TM). © 2013 OSA.
- Title
- Cascade of two opposite tapers for butt-coupling between fibers and silicon photonic wires with large misalignment tolerance and low polarization dependency
- Creators - without role
- Kai-Ning Ku - Institute of Photonics Technologies , Department of Electrical Engineering , National Tsing Hua UniversityMing-Chang M. Lee - Institute of Photonics Technologies , Department of Electrical Engineering , National Tsing Hua University
- Identifiers
- 9781479904570; 9957771486606774
- Academic Unit
- Institute of Photonics Technologies, College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, National Tsing Hua University
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Conference paper
- Publication Details
- 2013 Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, OFC/NFOEC 2013, 6532993