中国物理B ›› 2011, Vol. 20 ›› Issue (7): 74212-074212.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/20/7/074212

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CMOS compatible highly efficient grating couplers with a stair-step blaze profile

樊中朝1, 韩伟华1, 周亮2, 李智勇2, 胡应涛2, 熊康2, 俞育德2, 余金中2   

  1. (1)Engineering Research Center for Semiconductor Integrated Technology, Institute of semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China; (2)State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
  • 收稿日期:2011-01-12 修回日期:2011-02-11 出版日期:2011-07-15 发布日期:2011-07-15

CMOS compatible highly efficient grating couplers with a stair-step blaze profile

Zhou Liang(周亮)a), Li Zhi-Yong(李智勇)a), Hu Ying-Tao(胡应涛)a), Xiong Kang(熊康)a), Fan Zhong-Chao(樊中朝)b), Han Wei-Hua(韩伟华)b), Yu Yu-De (俞育德)a), and Yu Jin-Zhong (余金中)a)   

  1. a State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China; b Engineering Research Center for Semiconductor Integrated Technology, Institute of semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
  • Received:2011-01-12 Revised:2011-02-11 Online:2011-07-15 Published:2011-07-15

摘要: A novel grating coupler with a stair-step blaze profile is proposed. The coupler is a CMOS process compatible device and can be used for light coupling in optical communication. The blaze profile can be optimized to obtain a high efficiency of 66.7% for the out-of-plane coupling at the centre wavelength of 1595 nm with a 1 dB bandwidth of 41 nm. Five key parameters of the stair-step blaze grating and their effects on the coupling are discussed for the application in L band telecommunication.

关键词: grating coupler, blaze profile, integrated optics, silicon-on-insulator

Abstract: A novel grating coupler with a stair-step blaze profile is proposed. The coupler is a CMOS process compatible device and can be used for light coupling in optical communication. The blaze profile can be optimized to obtain a high efficiency of 66.7% for the out-of-plane coupling at the centre wavelength of 1595 nm with a 1 dB bandwidth of 41 nm. Five key parameters of the stair-step blaze grating and their effects on the coupling are discussed for the application in L band telecommunication.

Key words: grating coupler, blaze profile, integrated optics, silicon-on-insulator

中图分类号:  (Optical computers, logic elements, interconnects, switches; neural networks)

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42.79.Dj (Gratings) 42.81.Qb (Fiber waveguides, couplers, and arrays)