Picard et al., 2016 - Google Patents
CMOS-compatible spot-size converter for optical fiber to sub-um silicon waveguide coupling with low-loss low-wavelength dependence and high tolerance to …Picard et al., 2016
- Document ID
- 6864861929120058865
- Author
- Picard M
- Latrasse C
- Larouche C
- Painchaud Y
- Poulin M
- Pelletier F
- Guy M
- Publication year
- Publication venue
- Silicon Photonics XI
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One of the biggest challenges of silicon photonics is the efficient coupling of light between the sub-micron SiP waveguides and a standard optical fiber (SMF-28). We recently proposed a novel approach based on a spot-size converter (SSC) that fulfills this need. The …
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