articlePhotonics ResearchJan 31, 2019GREEN OA

Coupling strategies for silicon photonics integrated chips [Invited]

University of Pavia · University of Southampton · +1 more institution

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Abstract

Over the last 20 years, silicon photonics has revolutionized the field of integrated optics, providing a novel and powerful platform to build mass-producible optical circuits. One of the most attractive aspects of silicon photonics is its ability to provide extremely small optical components, whose typical dimensions are an order of magnitude smaller than those of optical fiber devices. This dimension difference makes the design of fiber-to-chip interfaces challenging and, over the years, has stimulated considerable technical and research efforts in the field. Fiber-to-silicon photonic chip interfaces can be broadly divided into two principle categories: in-plane and out-of-plane couplers. Devices falling into…

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Keywords
  • Photonics
  • Silicon photonics
  • Photonic integrated circuit
  • Bandwidth (computing)
  • Optical fiber
  • Optoelectronics
  • Integrated circuit
  • Electronic circuit
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