Title :
Ultra-high-efficiency apodized grating coupler using a fully etched photonic crystal
Author :
Yunhong Ding ; Peucheret, Christophe ; Haiyan Ou
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Photonics Eng., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
fDate :
June 30 2013-July 4 2013
Abstract :
We demonstrate an apodized fiber-to-chip grating coupler using fully etched photonic crystal holes on the silicon-on-insulator platform. An ultra-high coupling efficiency of 1.65 dB (68%) with 3 dB bandwidth of 60 nm is experimentally demonstrated.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; optical fibre couplers; photonic crystals; silicon-on-insulator; Si-SiO2; apodized fiber-to-chip grating coupler; fully etched photonic crystal; silicon-on-insulator platform; ultrahigh coupling efficiency; ultrahigh-efficiency apodized grating coupler; Couplers; Couplings; Gratings; Photonic crystals; Scattering; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2013.6599991
