A combination of a stub fabricated on a polymer and a groove fabricated on a silicon (Si) chip, prepared by a method of fabricating on a polymer a (single-mode) polymer waveguide (PWG) array and a stub so that the (single-mode) polymer waveguide (PWG) array and the stub are aligned with a silicon waveguide (SiWG) array fabricated on a silicon (Si) chip and a groove fabricated along a direction in which the SiWG is fabricated, whereby an adiabatic coupling is realized, the method comprising the steps of:
- preparing a polymer base layer;
- placing on the polymer base layer a cast having a groove corresponding to a core of the (single-mode) polymer waveguide (PWG) array and a groove corresponding to the stub;
- hardening the polymer base layer;
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- removing the cast from the hardened polymer base layer.