As part of the ALLEGRO project, we are pushing the boundaries of passive component fabrication to enhance fibre-to-chip coupling efficiency (CE) and reduce fibre-to-fibre insertion loss (F2F IL) below 10 dB.
🔹 Optimizing Edge Couplers (EC)
✅ Higher & broader CE compared to grating couplers
✅ Lower polarization dependence, improving performance stability
✅ Engineered facet alignment to overcome precision challenges
📡 Evaluating Different Fibre Types
To further refine performance, we assessed EC designs with various fibre types, ensuring optimal coupling solutions for high-efficiency photonic integration.
This development is a crucial step toward next-generation photonic systems, enabling scalable, high-performance optical interconnects. Excited to continue driving innovation in integrated photonics!
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