opticalwaveguides, we have to pay much attention to reducing the coupling losses caused by the mismatch of spotsize between opticalfibers and semiconductor waveguides having rather high index contrast. Introducing a spotsize converter (SSC) in the end facet of the opticalwaveguide is effective to reduce the coupling loss. … In order to reduce a coupling loss between a semiconductor opticalwaveguide and an opticalfiber, we developed the …
A dual core spot size converter was developed for reducing a coupling loss between an optical fiber and a III-V compound semiconductor optical waveguide. It can be fabricated without a crystal regrowth process.