Authors:	Y. Li, D. Vermeulen, Y. De Koninck, G. Yurtsever, G. Roelkens, R. Baets
Title:	Fiber couplers for silicon-on-insulator photonic IC's with optimized on-chip return loss
Format:	International Conference Proceedings
Publication date:	3/2012
Journal/Conference/Book:	Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 2012
Volume(Issue):	p.JTh2A.8
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Abstract

A novel grating coupler design with a high return loss is demonstrated for silicon-on-insulator photonic IC’s. The average return loss is around 10 dB better than that of a commonly used focusing grating coupler.

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