Focusing-curved subwavelength grating couplers for ultra-broadband silicon photonics optical interfaces

Q Zhong, V Veerasubramanian, Y Wang, W Shi… - Optics express, 2014 - opg.optica.org
We report on the design and characterization of focusing-curved subwavelength grating
couplers for ultra-broadband silicon photonics optical interfaces. With implementation of …

Polarization-insensitive arrayed-waveguide grating wavelength multiplexer on silicon

H Takahashi, Y Hibino, I Nishi - Optics letters, 1992 - opg.optica.org
A wavelength-division multiplexer with no polarization dependence is demonstrated. It is
based on an arrayed-waveguide grating fabricated with silica-based optical waveguides on …

Silicon-on-insulator echelle grating WDM demultiplexers with two stigmatic points

F Horst, WMJ Green, BJ Offrein… - IEEE Photonics …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present ultracompact integrated optical echelle grating wavelength-division-multiplexing
(de) multiplexers for on-chip optical networks, fabricated using high-index-contrast silicon-on …

Compact and highly efficient grating couplers between optical fiber and nanophotonic waveguides

F Van Laere, G Roelkens, M Ayre… - Journal of lightwave …, 2007 - opg.optica.org
We present high-efficiency grating couplers for coupling between a single-mode fiber and
nanophotonic waveguides, fabricated both in silicon-on-insulator (SOI) and InP membranes …

Design and fabrication of SOI micro-ring resonators based on sub-wavelength grating waveguides

V Donzella, A Sherwali, J Flueckiger, SM Grist… - Optics express, 2015 - opg.optica.org
Standard silicon photonic strip waveguides offer a high intrinsic refractive index contrast; this
permits strong light confinement, leading to compact bends, which in turn facilitates the …

Precise and diffraction-limited waveguide-to-free-space focusing gratings

KK Mehta, RJ Ram - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
We present the design and characterization of waveguide grating devices that couple visible-
wavelength light at λ= 674 nm from single-mode, high index-contrast dielectric waveguides …

Compact ultrabroad-bandwidth cascaded arrayed waveguide gratings

A van Wijk, CR Doerr, Z Ali, M Karabiyik, BI Akca - Optics Express, 2020 - opg.optica.org
Here, we present a compact, high-resolution, and ultrabroad-bandwidth arrayed waveguide
grating (AWG) realized in a silicon nitride (Si_3N_4) platform. The AWG has a cascaded …

Grating couplers for coupling between optical fibers and nanophotonic waveguides

D Taillaert, F Van Laere, M Ayre… - Japanese Journal of …, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
Nanophotonic waveguides and components are promising for use in the large-scale
integration of photonic circuits. Coupling light between nanophotonic waveguides and a …

A compact two-dimensional grating coupler used as a polarization splitter

D Taillaert, H Chong, PI Borel… - IEEE Photonics …, 2003 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We demonstrate a novel polarization splitter based on a two-dimensional grating etched in a
silicon-on-insulator waveguide. The device couples orthogonal modes from a single-mode …

Broad-band mirror (1.12-1.62 μm) using a subwavelength grating

CFR Mateus, MCY Huang, L Chen… - IEEE Photonics …, 2004 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We report the first experimental demonstration of a novel single-layer subwavelength grating
(SWG) that has> 500-nm-wide reflection spectrum from 1.12-1.62 μm and very high …