• DocumentCode
    1938458
  • Title

    CMOS-compatible nonuniform grating coupler with 86% coupling efficiency

  • Author

    Zaoui, Wissem Sfar ; Kunze, Andreas ; Vogel, Wolfgang ; Berroth, Manfred ; Butschke, Jorg ; Letzkus, Florian

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Electr. an Opt. Commun. Eng., Univ. of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    22-26 Sept. 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We report a highly efficient grating coupler fabricated using a CMOS-compatible technology process with a record efficiency of -0.64 dB (86.3 %) at a wavelength of 1527 nm and a 1dB-bandwidth of 44 nm. The performance of the structure is enhanced through a backside metal mirror and the use of a nonuniform grating.
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; diffraction gratings; mirrors; optical couplers; CMOS-compatible technology; backside metal mirror; efficiency 86 percent; efficiency 86.3 percent; nonuniform grating coupler; wavelength 1527 nm;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication (ECOC 2013), 39th European Conference and Exhibition on
  • Conference_Location
    London
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-84919-759-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1049/cp.2013.1279
  • Filename
    6647472