Title :
Ultra-low coupling loss fully-etched apodized grating coupler with bonded metal mirror
Author :
Yunhong Ding ; Peucheret, Christophe ; Haiyan Ou
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Photonics Eng., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
A fully etched apodized grating coupler with bonded metal mirror is designed and demonstrated on the silicon-on-insulator platform, showing an ultra-low coupling loss of only 1.25 dB with 3 dB bandwidth of 69 nm.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; integrated optics; mirrors; optical couplers; optical design techniques; optical losses; silicon-on-insulator; Si; bonded metal mirror; loss 1.25 dB; silicon-on-insulator platform; ultralow coupling loss fully-etched apodized grating coupler; Couplers; Couplings; Fabrication; Gratings; Mirrors; Optical waveguides; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2014 IEEE 11th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Paris
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-2282-6
DOI :
10.1109/Group4.2014.6961965
