• DocumentCode
    2404445
  • Title

    Optical interlayer coupling design for optical interconnects based on mirror enhanced grating couplers

  • Author

    Yao, Jin ; Zheng, Xuezhe ; Shubin, Ivan ; Li, Guoliang ; Thacker, Hiren ; Luo, Ying ; Lee, Jin-Hyoung ; Raj, Kannan ; Cunningham, John E. ; Krishnamoorthy, Ashok V.

  • Author_Institution
    Oracle Labs., San Diego, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    20-23 May 2012
  • Firstpage
    27
  • Lastpage
    28
  • Abstract
    We have designed new optical interlayer couplers based on grating couplers with post-processed mirrors to achieve low insertion loss on a 130nm SOI CMOS process. Optimized design shows an interlayer coupling loss of 2.2 dB.
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; diffraction gratings; integrated optoelectronics; mirrors; optical couplers; optical design techniques; optical interconnections; silicon-on-insulator; SOI CMOS process; Si; loss 2.2 dB; mirror enhanced grating couplers; optical interconnects; optical interlayer couplers; optical interlayer coupling design; post-processed mirrors; size 130 nm;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Interconnects Conference, 2012 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Santa Fe, NM
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1620-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OIC.2012.6224464
  • Filename
    6224464