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Design for broadband high-efficiency grating couplers |
Optics Letters, Vol. 37, Issue 4, pp. 530-532 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.37.000530
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Abstract
In this Letter, we propose general optimization methods to design broadband high-efficiency grating couplers for planar waveguides. We attribute the coupling bandwidth to the mismatch of effective indices between the diffracted beam and the actual grating structure around the operation wavelength for fiber to waveguide excitation. The coupling bandwidth formula is deduced. A simple parameter-separate optimization procedure is proposed for general layered grating couplers for high coupling efficiency. Using our principle, we optimized a grating coupler for a horizontal slot waveguide operating at wavelength 1.55 μm for TM polarization. The grating coupler has 1 dB bandwidth of 60 nm and coupling efficiency of 65% with incident light from single-mode optical fiber (SMF) at 8°.
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OCIS Codes
(050.2770) Diffraction and gratings : Gratings
(130.0130) Integrated optics : Integrated optics
(130.3120) Integrated optics : Integrated optics devices
(230.7390) Optical devices : Waveguides, planar
ToC Category:
Integrated Optics
History
Original Manuscript: November 1, 2011
Revised Manuscript: December 11, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: December 16, 2011
Published: February 8, 2012
Citation
Zhe Xiao, Feng Luan, Tsung-Yang Liow, Jing Zhang, and Ping Shum, "Design for broadband high-efficiency grating couplers," Opt. Lett. 37, 530-532 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-37-4-530
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