DocumentCode
3497209
Title
High-efficiency optical coupling to planar photodiode using metal reflector loaded Waveguide grating coupler
Author
Li, G. ; Hashimoto, Y. ; Ebuchi, S. ; Maruyama, T. ; Iiyama, K.
Author_Institution
Natural Sci. & Technol., Kanazawa Univ., Kanazawa, Japan
fYear
2012
fDate
28-31 Aug. 2012
Firstpage
15
Lastpage
16
Abstract
We propose a high-efficient vertical optical coupler using an amorphous Si waveguide grating coupler with top reflector. The coupling efficiency of 80% is calculated at the grating period of 380 nm and the duty ratio of 0.75 with top metal reflector.
Keywords
amorphous semiconductors; diffraction gratings; elemental semiconductors; optical couplers; optical planar waveguides; photodiodes; silicon; Si; amorphous Si waveguide grating coupler; coupling efficiency; duty ratio; grating period; high-efficient vertical optical coupling; planar photodiode; top metal reflector; Couplers; Couplings; Gratings; Metals; Optical coupling; Optical reflection; Optical waveguides;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices (NUSOD), 2012 12th International Conference on
Conference_Location
Shanghai
ISSN
2158-3234
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-1602-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/NUSOD.2012.6316522
Filename
6316522
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