Toolkit for photonic integrated circuits based on inverted rib waveguides
Abstract
We have performed an exploration of inverted rib waveguide platform for use in optical backplanes. This entailed the design, optimization, and characterization of a variety of passive optical components that may serve as a basis for the functions required of an on-chip optical networks. The presented design introduces an inverted-rib template, which consists of a polymer waveguide layer. We have successfully fabricated and demonstrated low-loss waveguides, and also functional passive devices such as directional couplers, multimode interferometers, waveguide bends and crossings, and distributed Bragg reflectors. We also demonstrate a way of coupling active components (e.g., in silicon) to such a photonic integrated circuit.
Citation
Debnath , K , Moore , R , Liles , A & O'Faolain , L 2015 , ' Toolkit for photonic integrated circuits based on inverted rib waveguides ' , Journal of Lightwave Technology , vol. 33 , no. 19 , pp. 4145-4150 . https://doi.org/10.1109/JLT.2015.2466195
Publication
Journal of Lightwave Technology
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0733-8724Type
Journal article
Rights
© 2015, IEEE. This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at ieeexplore.ieee.org / https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JLT.2015.2466195
Description
This work was supported by an EPSRC Doctoral Prize and a European Research Council Starting under Grant 337508.Collections
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