Fiber-to-waveguide alignment assisted by a transparent integrated light monitor

Carminati, Marco and Grillanda, Stefano and Ciccarella, Pietro and Ferrari, Giorgio and Strain, Michael J. and Sampietro, Marco and Melloni, Andrea and Morichetti, Francesco (2015) Fiber-to-waveguide alignment assisted by a transparent integrated light monitor. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 27 (5). pp. 510-513. 6990520. ISSN 1041-1135 (https://doi.org/10.1109/LPT.2014.2383495)

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Abstract

A novel fiber-to-waveguide alignment technique assisted by a transparent integrated light monitor is presented. The waveguide power is measured near the chip input facet by the contactless integrated photonic probe, which provides a feedback electrical signal steering the fiber positioning system. Automated single fiber to silicon nanowaveguide coupling is demonstrated with 40-nm resolution in a time scale of few seconds. The presented approach makes the fiber alignment procedure independent of the optical circuit integrated on the photonic chip, avoiding the need for simultaneous alignment of an output fiber, and thus easing optical chip characterization, wafer-level testing, and packaging of photonic devices.

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Carminati, Marco, Grillanda, Stefano, Ciccarella, Pietro, Ferrari, Giorgio, Strain, Michael J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9752-3144, Sampietro, Marco, Melloni, Andrea and Morichetti, Francesco;
  • Item type:Article
    ID code:53998
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    1 March 2015
    Published
    18 December 2014
    Published Online
    11 December 2014
    Accepted
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    Keywords:integrated optics, optical fiber coupling, optical power monitor, optical waveguides, packaging, silicon photonics, Electrical Engineering. Electronics Nuclear Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
    Subjects:Technology > Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics > Institute of Photonics
    University of Strathclyde > University of Strathclyde
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:18 Aug 2015 04:01
    Last modified:19 Mar 2023 04:06
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/53998
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