Passive Alignment of Fiber Array to InP Photonic Integrated Circuit using Suspended Waveguides

W. Tian; R. Dekker; J. Van Kerkhof; K. Williams; X. Leijtens

doi:10.1109/IPC57732.2023.10360482

Passive Alignment of Fiber Array to InP Photonic Integrated Circuit using Suspended Waveguides

W. Tian, R. Dekker, J. Van Kerkhof, K. Williams, X. Leijtens

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Abstract

We present a scalable passive alignment method employing suspended SiN-based waveguides to interface a 32-channel fiber array to edge couplers in integrated trenches on InP photonic integrated circuits. The approach demonstrates an alignment tolerance of 2 μm within 0.5 dB excess loss.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2023 IEEE Photonics Conference, IPC 2023
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Chapter	WB2.1
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Electronic)	979-8-3503-4722-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IPC57732.2023.10360482
Publication status	Published - 25 Dec 2023
Event	2023 IEEE Photonics Conference, IPC 2023 - Orlando, United States Duration: 12 Nov 2023 → 16 Nov 2023

Conference

Conference	2023 IEEE Photonics Conference, IPC 2023
Country/Territory	United States
City	Orlando
Period	12/11/23 → 16/11/23

Funding

This work was supported by Microsoft Research through its Ph.D. Scholarship Programme, and was co-founded by the European Union through the Eurostars FLEXFIX program nr.2018.29.

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Microsoft Research
European Commission

Keywords

fiber-to-chip coupling
passive optical alignment
Photonic integrated circuit (PIC)

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Tian, W, Dekker, R, Van Kerkhof, J, Williams, K & Leijtens, X 2023, Passive Alignment of Fiber Array to InP Photonic Integrated Circuit using Suspended Waveguides. in 2023 IEEE Photonics Conference, IPC 2023., 10360482, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2023 IEEE Photonics Conference, IPC 2023, Orlando, United States, 12/11/23. https://doi.org/10.1109/IPC57732.2023.10360482

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