{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2297541376","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2208629","title":"CMOS-compatible spot-size converter for optical fiber to sub-\u03bcm silicon waveguide coupling with low-loss low-wavelength dependence and high tolerance to misalignment","display_name":"CMOS-compatible spot-size converter for optical fiber to sub-\u03bcm silicon waveguide coupling with low-loss low-wavelength dependence and high tolerance to misalignment","publication_year":2016,"publication_date":"2016-03-14","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2297541376","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2208629","mag":"2297541376"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1117/12.2208629","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2208629","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2208629","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S183492911","display_name":"Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE","issn_l":"0277-786X","issn":["0277-786X","1996-756X"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","norway-1"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310315543","host_organization_name":"SPIE","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310315543"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SPIE"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"SPIE Proceedings","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"volume":null,"type":"conference-paper","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5031936472","display_name":"M.-J. Picard","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210164713","display_name":"TeraXion (Canada)","ror":"https://ror.org/050cwt049","country_code":"CA","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210164713"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Marie-Jos\u00e9e Picard","raw_affiliation_strings":["TeraXion Inc. (Canada)"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"TeraXion Inc. (Canada)","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210164713"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5047400305","display_name":"Christine Latrasse","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210164713","display_name":"TeraXion (Canada)","ror":"https://ror.org/050cwt049","country_code":"CA","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210164713"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Christine Latrasse","raw_affiliation_strings":["TeraXion Inc. (Canada)"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"TeraXion Inc. (Canada)","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210164713"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5057910628","display_name":"Carl Larouche","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210164713","display_name":"TeraXion (Canada)","ror":"https://ror.org/050cwt049","country_code":"CA","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210164713"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Carl Larouche","raw_affiliation_strings":["TeraXion Inc. (Canada)"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"TeraXion Inc. (Canada)","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210164713"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5082701491","display_name":"Yves Painchaud","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210164713","display_name":"TeraXion (Canada)","ror":"https://ror.org/050cwt049","country_code":"CA","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210164713"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Yves Painchaud","raw_affiliation_strings":["TeraXion Inc. (Canada)"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"TeraXion Inc. (Canada)","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210164713"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5107347290","display_name":"Michel Poulin","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210164713","display_name":"TeraXion (Canada)","ror":"https://ror.org/050cwt049","country_code":"CA","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210164713"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Michel Poulin","raw_affiliation_strings":["TeraXion Inc. (Canada)"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"TeraXion Inc. (Canada)","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210164713"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5112055108","display_name":"Fran\u00e7ois Pelletier","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210164713","display_name":"TeraXion (Canada)","ror":"https://ror.org/050cwt049","country_code":"CA","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210164713"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Fran\u00e7ois Pelletier","raw_affiliation_strings":["TeraXion Inc. (Canada)"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"TeraXion Inc. (Canada)","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210164713"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5109202339","display_name":"Martin Guy","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210164713","display_name":"TeraXion (Canada)","ror":"https://ror.org/050cwt049","country_code":"CA","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210164713"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Martin Guy","raw_affiliation_strings":["TeraXion Inc. (Canada)"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"TeraXion Inc. (Canada)","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210164713"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210164713"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.465,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":14,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.50763769,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":88,"max":98},"biblio":{"volume":"9752","issue":null,"first_page":"97520W","last_page":"97520W"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10299","display_name":"Photonic and Optical Devices","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10299","display_name":"Photonic and Optical Devices","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10295","display_name":"Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research","score":0.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3107","display_name":"Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/31","display_name":"Physics and Astronomy"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10369","display_name":"Advanced MEMS and NEMS Technologies","score":0.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/spot-size-converter","display_name":"spot-size converter","score":0.9959999918937683},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/fiber-to-chip-coupling","display_name":"fiber-to-chip coupling","score":0.828000009059906},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/silicon-photonics","display_name":"silicon photonics","score":0.753000020980835},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/evanescent-coupling","display_name":"evanescent coupling","score":0.9700000286102295},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cmos-compatible-fabrication","display_name":"CMOS-compatible fabrication","score":0.6800000071525574},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/misalignment-tolerance","display_name":"misalignment tolerance","score":0.6779999732971191},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/wavelength-dependence","display_name":"wavelength dependence","score":0.843999981880188},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/polarization","display_name":"polarization","score":0.30300000309944153},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/1310-nm","display_name":"1310 nm","score":0.7120000123977661},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/1550-nm","display_name":"1550 nm","score":0.9309999942779541},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mode-overlap","display_name":"mode overlap","score":0.4269999861717224}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C21792228","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5178039","display_name":"Coupling loss","level":3,"score":0.784759521484375},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C192562407","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q228736","display_name":"Materials science","level":0,"score":0.6671385765075684},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C200687136","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11233438","display_name":"Waveguide","level":2,"score":0.5616440773010254},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C49040817","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193091","display_name":"Optoelectronics","level":1,"score":0.5483905673027039},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C131584629","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4308705","display_name":"Coupling (piping)","level":2,"score":0.5477470755577087},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C6260449","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41364","display_name":"Wavelength","level":2,"score":0.5346694588661194},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C194232370","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q162","display_name":"Optical fiber","level":2,"score":0.5298184156417847},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120665830","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14620","display_name":"Optics","level":1,"score":0.517894983291626},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C544956773","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q670","display_name":"Silicon","level":2,"score":0.5142845511436462},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C90327742","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q947396","display_name":"Insertion loss","level":2,"score":0.5035426020622253},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C46362747","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q173431","display_name":"CMOS","level":2,"score":0.4992353916168213},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119423029","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3749103","display_name":"Silicon photonics","level":3,"score":0.4378683269023895},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.1353750228881836},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C191897082","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11467","display_name":"Metallurgy","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1117/12.2208629","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2208629","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2208629","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S183492911","display_name":"Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE","issn_l":"0277-786X","issn":["0277-786X","1996-756X"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","norway-1"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310315543","host_organization_name":"SPIE","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310315543"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SPIE"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"SPIE Proceedings","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":10,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1728451712","https://openalex.org/W1985402679","https://openalex.org/W1985508001","https://openalex.org/W2075466683","https://openalex.org/W2082175472","https://openalex.org/W2083474507","https://openalex.org/W2092525004","https://openalex.org/W2123725990","https://openalex.org/W2143184753","https://openalex.org/W2147608639"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2052960712","https://openalex.org/W2416502811","https://openalex.org/W2244759211","https://openalex.org/W2592554184","https://openalex.org/W2006869358","https://openalex.org/W2185864395","https://openalex.org/W3179423220","https://openalex.org/W2063852372","https://openalex.org/W4384340987","https://openalex.org/W4392928709"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"One":[0],"of":[1,5,12,53,56,58,72,143],"the":[2,9,15,115,119],"biggest":[3],"challenges":[4],"silicon":[6,46],"photonics":[7],"is":[8],"efficient":[10,86],"coupling":[11,135],"light":[13,150],"between":[14],"sub-micron":[16],"SiP":[17],"waveguides":[18],"and":[19,48,67,167,173],"a":[20,28,33,44,49,54,70,80,93,102,110,128,137,141,177],"standard":[21],"optical":[22,116],"fiber":[23,117,139],"(SMF-28).":[24],"We":[25],"recently":[26],"proposed":[27],"novel":[29],"approach":[30],"based":[31],"on":[32,105,118],"spot-size":[34],"converter":[35],"(SSC)":[36],"that":[37],"fulfills":[38],"this":[39,159],"need.":[40],"The":[41],"SSC":[42,129],"integrates":[43],"tapered":[45,99],"waveguide":[47,81,98],"superimposed":[50,77],"structure":[51,78],"made":[52,126],"plurality":[55],"rods":[57],"high":[59],"index":[60,74],"material,":[61],"disposed":[62],"in":[63,69,176],"an":[64,85],"array-like":[65],"configuration":[66],"embedded":[68],"cladding":[71],"lower":[73],"material.":[75],"This":[76],"defines":[79],"designed":[82,162],"to":[83,92,101,114,136],"provide":[84],"adiabatic":[87],"transfer,":[88],"through":[89],"evanescent":[90],"coupling,":[91],"220":[94],"nm":[95,153,169],"thick":[96],"Si":[97],"down":[100],"narrow":[103],"tip":[104],"one":[106],"side,":[107],"while":[108],"providing":[109],"large":[111],"mode":[112],"overlap":[113],"other":[120],"side.":[121],"An":[122],"initial":[123],"demonstration":[124],"was":[125,146],"using":[127],"fabricated":[130,175],"with":[131,140,154],"post-processing":[132],"steps.":[133],"Great":[134],"SMF-28":[138],"loss":[142],"0.6":[144],"dB":[145],"obtained":[147],"for":[148,163,170],"TEpolarized":[149],"at":[151,165],"1550":[152,168],"minimum":[155],"wavelength":[156],"dependence.":[157],"In":[158],"paper,":[160],"SSCs":[161],"operation":[164],"1310":[166],"TE/TM":[171],"polarizations":[172],"entirely":[174],"CMOS":[178],"fab":[179],"are":[180],"presented.":[181]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-09-22T06:50:58.402377","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}