Stratified waveguide grating coupler for normal fiber incidence
Optics Letters, Vol. 30, Issue 8, pp. 845-847 (2005)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.30.000845
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Abstract
We propose a new stratified waveguide grating coupler (SWGC) to couple light from a fiber at normal incidence into a planar waveguide. SWGCs are designed to operate in the strong coupling regime without intermediate optics between the fiber and the waveguide. Two-dimensional finite-difference time-domain simulation in conjunction with microgenetic algorithm optimization shows that ∼72% coupling efficiency is possible for fiber (core size of 8.3 µm and Delta=0.36%) to slab waveguide (1.2-µm core and Delta=3.1%) coupling. We show that the phase-matching and Bragg conditions are simultaneously satisfied through the fundamental leaky mode.
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OCIS Codes
(230.3120) Optical devices : Integrated optics devices
(230.3990) Optical devices : Micro-optical devices
(230.7370) Optical devices : Waveguides
(250.5300) Optoelectronics : Photonic integrated circuits
Citation
Bin Wang, Jianhua Jiang, Diana M. Chambers, Jingbo Cai, and Gregory P. Nordin, "Stratified waveguide grating coupler for normal fiber incidence," Opt. Lett. 30, 845-847 (2005)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-30-8-845
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