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Franz X. Kärtner.
Fan, Mingyan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
2007-04-20T15:58:24Z
2007-04-20T15:58:24Z
2006
2006
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/37263
86069925
Thesis (M. Eng. and S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2006.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 59).
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.
by Mingyan Fan.
M.Eng.
S.B.
59 p.
eng
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Efficient out-of-plane microphotonic fiber-to-chip coupler designs
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