DocumentCode
712366
Title
Band-structure approach to synthesis of grating couplers with ultra-high coupling efficiency and directivity
Author
Notaros, Jelena ; Popovic, Milos A.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr., Comput., & Energy Eng., Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
fYear
2015
fDate
22-26 March 2015
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
We propose a complex-wavevector band-structure approach to synthesis of fiber-to-chip grating couplers, and show apodized bi-level designs with 95% coupling efficiency and 99% directivity using only two device layers of a monolithic SOI CMOS process.
Keywords
CMOS integrated circuits; diffraction gratings; monolithic integrated circuits; optical fibre couplers; silicon-on-insulator; complex-wavevector band-structure; fiber-to-chip grating couplers; monolithic SOI CMOS; CMOS integrated circuits; Couplers; Couplings; Gratings; Optical coupling; Photonics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2015
Conference_Location
Los Angeles, CA
Type
conf
Filename
7121711
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