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  • Journal of Lightwave Technology
  • Vol. 21,
  • Issue 1,
  • pp. 211-
  • (2003)

Vertically Tapered Epilayers for Low-Loss Waveguide-Fiber Coupling Achieved in a Single Epitaxial Growth Run

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Abstract

Next-generation optical-communications systems require on-wafer integration of active and passive opto-electronic components to increase operating speed and reduce packaging costs. Increased coupling efficiencies between semiconductor waveguides and optical fibers are of particular interest. A simple and cost-effective method of fabricating a mode-size converter monolithically integrated with a semiconductor waveguide is presented. An on-wafer mode-size converter reduces the number of interfaces in an opto-electronic circuit and improves the coupling efficiency between semiconductor waveguide and optical fiber. Vertically tapered epilayers are deposited in a single epitaxial growth run using shadow-masked growth by chemical-beam epitaxy, avoiding complex and expensive processing and regrowth stages. Waveguides that taper vertically and horizontally over ∼ 1 mm for gradual expansion of the mode size are demonstrated. Waveguide loss measurements showed that there was negligible loss across the tapered regions. A loss of < 2 dB/interface was achieved compared with ∼ 8 dB/interface for a butt-coupled discrete device.

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