• DocumentCode
    79347
  • Title

    Polarization-Independent Wideband High-Index-Contrast Grating Mirror

  • Author

    Bekele, Dagmawi Alemayehu ; Gyeong Cheol Park ; Malureanu, Radu ; Il-Sug Chung

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Photonics Eng., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
  • Volume
    27
  • Issue
    16
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    Aug.15, 15 2015
  • Firstpage
    1733
  • Lastpage
    1736
  • Abstract
    Island-type two-dimensional high-index-contrast grating mirror based on a standard silicon-on-insulator wafer have been experimentally demonstrated. The measured spectra shows a bandwidth of ~192 nm with a reflectivity over 99% as well as polarization independence. Numerical simulations show that the designed mirror has large tolerance to fabrication errors.
  • Keywords
    diffraction gratings; integrated optics; mirrors; optical design techniques; optical fabrication; reflectivity; silicon-on-insulator; Si; bandwidth; fabrication error tolerance; island-type two-dimensional grating mirror; mirror design; polarization-independent wideband high-index-contrast grating mirror; reflectivity; standard silicon-on-insulator wafer; Bandwidth; Fabrication; Gratings; Mirrors; Silicon; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; High index contrast; VCSEL; polarization; subwavelength grating;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPT.2015.2438538
  • Filename
    7113804