Wide bandwidth and high coupling efficiency Si_3N_4-on-SOI dual-level grating coupler
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- 29 April 2014
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Express
- Vol. 22 (9) , 10938-10947
- https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.22.010938
Abstract
We propose and experimentally demonstrate fiber-to-chip grating couplers with aligned silicon nitride (Si3N4) and silicon (Si) grating teeth for wide bandwidths and high coupling efficiencies without the use of bottom reflectors. The measured 1-dB bandwidth is a record 80 nm, and the measured peak coupling efficiency is −1.3 dB, which is competitive with the best Si-only grating couplers. The grating couplers are integrated in a Si3N4 on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) integrated optics platform with aligned waveguides in both the Si3N4 and Si, and we demonstrate a 1 × 4 tunable multiplexer/demultiplexer using the Si3N4-on-SOI dual-level grating couplers and thermally-tuned Si microring resonators.Keywords
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