• 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