Multilayer Silicon Nitride-on-Silicon Integrated Photonic Platforms and Devices
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- 19 January 2015
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in Journal of Lightwave Technology
- Vol. 33 (4) , 901-910
- https://doi.org/10.1109/jlt.2015.2392784
Abstract
We review and present additional results from our work on multilayer silicon nitride (SiN) on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) integrated photonic platforms over the telecommunication wavelength bands near 1550 and 1310 nm. SiN-on-SOI platforms open the possibility for passive optical functionalities implemented in the SiN layer to be combined with active functionalities in the SOI. SiN layers can be integrated onto SOI using a front-end or back-end of line integration process flow. These photonic platforms support low-loss SiN waveguides, low-loss and low-crosstalk waveguide crossings, and low-loss interlayer transitions using adiabatic tapers. Novel ultra-broadband and efficient grating couplers as well as polarization management devices are enabled by the close coupling between the silicon and SiN layers.Keywords
Funding Information
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- Canada Research Chairs Program
- Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC) of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
- SERC (1323300001)
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