Contra-directional coupling between stacked waveguides using grating couplers

被引:11
作者
Xing, QD
Ura, S
Suhara, T
Nishihara, H
机构
[1] Department of Electronic Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita-shi, Osaka 565
关键词
integrated optics; grating coupler; thin film waveguide; wavelength filter;
D O I
10.1016/S0030-4018(97)00365-9
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
The contra-directional coupling between two stacked thin film waveguides by grating couplers is studied, In this scheme, a guided mode of the first-story waveguide is coupled by a grating coupler to radiation modes, and the radiation modes are coupled by another grating coupler to a guided mode propagating contra-directionally in the second-story waveguide, A device for demonstration was designed, fabricated and characterized at 800 nm coupling wavelength. A very sharp wavelength selectivity of 0.3 nm FWHM was experimentally confirmed with 1 mm coupling length. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.
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页码:180 / 182
页数:3
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