Efficient out-of-plane microphotonic fiber-to-chip coupler designs

Due to the tremendous increase of data rates in optical communication, and as a result the forthcoming reliance on photonic circuits for all-optical switching, routing and signal processing, efficient coupling of light between a nanophotonic waveguide and a fiber has become a critical and interesting issue to investigate. The objective of this thesis is to explore new strategies for efficient fiber-to-chip coupler design and to come up with design rules based on these strategies and a competent device design. Some of the previous research in the area of coupler design is reviewed, and a novel out-of-plane fiber-to-chip coupler design that is based on phase-canceling gratings is proposed. The principle of operation of this grating is explained and may be applied to other grating designs.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2006

Author dc:creator

• Fan, Mingyan

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Franz X. Kärtner.

• Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

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• M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/37263

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oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/37263