Title :
Focusing sub-wavelength grating coupler
Author :
Yun Wang ; Flueckiger, Jonas ; Han Yun ; Bojko, Richard ; Jaeger, Nicolas A. F. ; Chrostowski, Lukas
Abstract :
We demonstrate sub-wavelength grating couplers for both transverse electric and transverse magnetic modes. The couplers are designed for silicon-on-insulator wafer with 220 nm-thick silicon and focusing grating lines have been used to reduce the footprint.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; optical couplers; optical focusing; silicon-on-insulator; Si; focusing grating lines; footprint; silicon-on-insulator wafer; size 220 nm; sub-wavelength grating coupler; transverse electric modes; transverse magnetic modes; Bandwidth; Couplers; Focusing; Gratings; Insertion loss; Loss measurement; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2014.6995495
