• DocumentCode
    615005
  • Title

    Low loss optical interlayer coupling using reflector-enhanced grating couplers

  • Author

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

  • Author_Institution
    Oracle Labs., San Diego, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    5-8 May 2013
  • Firstpage
    31
  • Lastpage
    32
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate improved optical interlayer coupling based on grating couplers with backside metal reflectors. Losses of 1.5dB and 2.0dB are achieved with 145nm and 220nm grating etch depth on a 130nm SOI CMOS platform, respectively.
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; diffraction gratings; etching; integrated optoelectronics; optical couplers; optical losses; silicon-on-insulator; SOI CMOS platform; Si; backside metal reflectors; depth 145 nm; depth 220 nm; grating etch depth; low loss optical interlayer coupling; reflector-enhanced grating couplers; size 130 nm; Couplers; Couplings; Gratings; Loss measurement; Metals; Optical losses; Optical waveguides;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Interconnects Conference, 2013 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Santa Fe, NM
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-5061-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4673-5062-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OIC.2013.6552909
  • Filename
    6552909