• DocumentCode
    1772081
  • Title

    Ultra-efficient and broadband dual-level Si3N4-on-SOI grating coupler

  • Author

    Sacher, Wesley D. ; Ying Huang ; Liang Ding ; Taylor, Benjamin J. F. ; Jayatilleka, Hasitha ; Guo-Qiang Lo ; Poon, Joyce K. S.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A grating coupler with aligned Si3N4 and Si grating teeth is proposed and demonstrated. The measured coupling efficiency is -1.3 dB (competitive with the best Si-only grating couplers), and the 1-dB bandwidth is a record 80 nm.
  • Keywords
    diffraction gratings; optical couplers; silicon compounds; silicon-on-insulator; SOI; Si3N4; coupling efficiency measurement; grating coupler; wavelength 80 nm; Bandwidth; Couplers; Couplings; Gratings; Optical fibers; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6989759
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1772081