Presentation Information

[TuH1-4]Mode-preserving, 3D-printed Taper between Silicon Photonic Chip and Rectangular Core Fiber

David Halfon, Ksenia Shukhin, Aleksei Kukin , ○Dan M. Marom (Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem)

Keywords:

Tapered and grating waveguides for optical coupling,Spatial division multiplexing (SDM) waveguide devices,Packaging technology of photonic devices

The design, optimization and implementation of a 3D-printed interposing taper waveguide for efficiently and mode-preservedly coupling to/from thick silicon four-mode, dual-polarization waveguide and rectangular-core optical fiber is reported, having low losses and excellent selectivity.