In situ fabricated 3D micro-lenses for photonic integrated circuits

R. Thomas; J. Li; Sam Ladak; D. Barrow; P. M. Smowton

doi:10.1364/OE.26.013436

In situ fabricated 3D micro-lenses for photonic integrated circuits

R. Thomas, J. Li, Sam Ladak, D. Barrow^*, P. M. Smowton

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Aspheric astigmatic polymer micro-lenses were fabricated directly onto photonic integrated circuits using two-photon lithography. We observed a 12.6 dB improvement in the free space coupling efficiency between integrated ridge laser pairs with micro-lenses to those without.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	13436-13442
Number of pages	7
Journal	Optics Express
Volume	26
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.26.013436
Publication status	Published - 14 May 2018

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In situ fabricated 3D micro-lenses for photonic integrated circuits

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