• DocumentCode
    1956759
  • Title

    Reflectionless grating coupling for silicon-on-insulator integrated circuits

  • Author

    Vermeulen, D. ; Koninck, Y. De ; Li, Y. ; Lambert, E. ; Bogaerts, W. ; Baets, R. ; Roelkens, G.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Inf. Technol., Ghent Univ., Ghent, Belgium
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    14-16 Sept. 2011
  • Firstpage
    74
  • Lastpage
    76
  • Abstract
    We propose a novel grating coupler design which is inherently reflectionless by focusing the reflected light away from the entrance waveguide. The grating coupler design is investigated by means of 3D FDTD simulations.
  • Keywords
    diffraction gratings; finite difference time-domain analysis; integrated optics; optical couplers; optical waveguides; silicon-on-insulator; 3D FDTD simulation; entrance waveguide; reflectionless grating coupling; silicon-on-insulator integrated circuits;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2011 8th IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    London
  • ISSN
    1949-2081
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8338-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/GROUP4.2011.6053720
  • Filename
    6053720