Authors:	F. Van Laere, D. Taillaert, D. Van Thourhout, R. Baets, M.V. Kotlyar, T.F. Krauss
Title:	A Compact Fibre-to-Waveguide Coupler Based on Angled Slots
Format:	International Conference Proceedings
Publication date:	9/2005
Journal/Conference/Book:	European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC) 2005
Volume(Issue):	p.Tu3.6.5
Location:	Glasgow, United Kingdom
DOI:	10.1049/cp:20050465
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Abstract

We present a compact grating coupler, consisting of slanted air slots, for coupling from single-mode fibre to InP-based waveguides. The theoretical coupling efficiency is better than 50% and first fabrication experiments are promising.

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