Efficient focusing polymer waveguide grating couplers

被引:15
作者
Waldhausl, R [1 ]
Schnabel, B [1 ]
Kley, EB [1 ]
Brauer, A [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV JENA, INST PHYS APPL, D-07743 JENA, GERMANY
关键词
optical polymers; optical waveguides;
D O I
10.1049/el:19970400
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
Investigations on focusing grating couplers fabricated in polymer waveguides by electron beam lithography are reported. With blazed gratings, an incoupling efficiency of 42% is achieved. A curvature correction of the prating lines allows the focusing properties to be improved: a spotsize which corresponds to one and a half times the diffraction limit is achieved.
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页码:623 / 624
页数:2
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