Author:
Morgan Rachel,Cahoy Kerri,Callahan Patrick,Juodawlkis Paul,Kharas Dave,Mahony Thomas,Maxson Ryan,Medeiros Alexander,Plant Jason,West Gavin,Swint Reuel,Chiaverini John,McConnell Robert,Sorace-Agaskar Cheryl
Abstract
Compact, low-loss mode-expansion tapers for red light are demonstrated. Inverse design methods enable 50 µm long tapers from single-mode to 8- and 18 µm wide waveguides with measured losses of 0.05 and 1.05 dB/taper respectively.