Study of High Efficiency Grating Couplers for Silicon-Based Horizontal Slot Waveguides.

Autor: Galan, J.V., Sanchis, P., Blasco, J., Marti, J.
Zdroj: IEEE Photonics Technology Letters; 6/15/2008, Vol. 20 Issue 12, p985-987, 3p
Abstrakt: Horizontal slot waveguides are becoming a very promising waveguide configuration for silicon photonics nonlinear applications. In this letter, the design of grating couplers for highly efficient coupling between standard single-mode fibers and horizontal slot waveguides is reported. Parameters have been optimized to achieve maximum coupling efficiency for lambda = 1550 nm and transverse magnetic polarization. Maximum coupling efficiencies of 61% and 48% have been achieved for negative and positive detuned grating couplers, respectively, by means of simulations. A 35-nm 1-dB bandwidth spectral response has also been obtained. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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