Semiconductor Optical Amplifier with U-bend Geometry for Simplified Coupling to Silicon Photonics Waveguides

Heidi Tuorila; Jukka Viheriälä; Matteo Cherchi; Antti Aho; Timo Aalto; Mircea Guina

doi:10.1109/ECOC.2018.8535103

Semiconductor Optical Amplifier with U-bend Geometry for Simplified Coupling to Silicon Photonics Waveguides

Heidi Tuorila, Jukka Viheriälä, Matteo Cherchi, Antti Aho, Timo Aalto, Mircea Guina

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

Tampere University of Technology (TUT)

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference article in proceedings › Scientific › peer-review

Abstract

We report a traveling-wave GaAs-based semiconductor optical amplifier operating at 1.3μ m with a U-bend waveguide bringing the I/O ports on the same side of the chip. This architecture significantly simplifies hybrid integration and coupling to silicon-on-insulator waveguides.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2018 European Conference on Optical Communication, ECOC 2018
Publisher	IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-5386-4862-9, 978-1-5386-4861-2
ISBN (Print)	978-1-5386-4863-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ECOC.2018.8535103
Publication status	Published - 15 Nov 2018
MoE publication type	Not Eligible
Event	European Conference on Optical Communication, ECOC 2018 - Rome, Italy Duration: 23 Sept 2018 → 27 Sept 2018

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Conference	European Conference on Optical Communication, ECOC 2018
Abbreviated title	ECOC 2018
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Rome
Period	23/09/18 → 27/09/18

Keywords

optical waveguides
couplings
cavity resonators
silicon
Semiconductor waveguides
semiconductor optical amplifiers
optical device fabrication
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Tuorila, H, Viheriälä, J, Cherchi, M, Aho, A, Aalto, T & Guina, M 2018, Semiconductor Optical Amplifier with U-bend Geometry for Simplified Coupling to Silicon Photonics Waveguides. in 2018 European Conference on Optical Communication, ECOC 2018., 8535103, IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, European Conference on Optical Communication, ECOC 2018, Rome, Italy, 23/09/18. https://doi.org/10.1109/ECOC.2018.8535103

Semiconductor Optical Amplifier with U-bend Geometry for Simplified Coupling to Silicon Photonics Waveguides. / Tuorila, Heidi; Viheriälä, Jukka; Cherchi, Matteo et al.

2018 European Conference on Optical Communication, ECOC 2018. IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, 2018. 8535103.

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