| DOI | Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/lpor.201400113 |
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| Author | Search for: Benedikovic, Daniel; Search for: Cheben, Pavel1ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4232-9130; Search for: Schmid, Jens H.1; Search for: Xu, Dan-Xia1; Search for: Lapointe, Jean1; Search for: Wang, Shurui1; Search for: Halir, Robert; Search for: Ortega-Moñux, Alejandro; Search for: Janz, Siegfried2; Search for: Dado, Milan |
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| Affiliation | - National Research Council of Canada. NRC Institute for Microstructural Sciences
- National Research Council of Canada. Information and Communication Technologies
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| Format | Text, Article |
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| Subject | finite difference time domain method; integrated optics; optical fiber fabrication; optical fibers; time domain analysis; buried oxide thickness; grating couplers; planar waveguide circuit; silicon-on-insulators (SOI); sub-wavelength structures; subwavelength grating; surface grating couplers; ultraviolet lithography; optical fiber coupling |
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| Abstract | Grating couplers are key elements enabling the coupling of light between planar waveguide circuits and optical fibers. In this work, it is demonstrated using simulations and experiments that a high coupling efficiency can be achieved for an arbitrary buried oxide thickness by judicious adjustment of the grating radiation angle. The coupler strength is engineered by subwavelength structure, allowing straightforward apodization and single etch step fabrication. The design has been implemented using Fourier-eigenmode expansion and finite difference time domain methods. The measured coupling loss of a continuously apodized grating is -2.16 dB with a 3 dB bandwidth of 64 nm, therefore opening promising prospects for low-cost and high-volume fabrication using 193 nm deep-ultraviolet lithography. It is also shown by simulations that a coupling loss as low as -0.42 dB is predicted for a modified coupler structure with bottom mirror. |
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| Publication date | 2014-10-13 |
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| Publisher | Wiley |
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| Language | English |
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| Peer reviewed | Yes |
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| NPARC number | 21275556 |
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| Record identifier | 885a37ba-79f2-4820-9727-e05f38d89e0e |
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| Record created | 2015-07-14 |
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| Record modified | 2020-04-22 |
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