Ultracompact Silicon-On-Insulator Couplers for Multicore Fibers

• Published in: ACS photonics Vol. 10; no. 4; pp. 953 - 958
• Main Authors: Pita Ruiz, Julián L., Rocha, Lucas G., Yang, Jun, Kocabaş, Şükrü Ekin, Li, Ming-Jun, Aldaya, Ivan, Ménard, Michaël, Dainese, Paulo, Gabrielli, Lucas H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Chemical Society 30.09.2022
• Subjects: multicore fibers; topological optimization; silicon photonics; integrated photonics; photonic interconnects

Fiber-to-chip couplers are critical devices to support interconnections between fibers and photonic integrated circuits. The advent of spatial division multiplexing (SDM) systems based on multicore fibers makes these devices subject to increasingly demanding footprint and coupling requirements. In a...