Waveguide grating coupler with subwavelength microstructures

R Halir, P Cheben, S Janz, DX Xu… - Optics letters, 2009 - opg.optica.org
… -fiber grating coupler that uses a subwavelength microstructure to achieve a continuously
variable grating … By adjusting the subwavelength microstructure at every point along the …

Diffractive and subwavelength grating couplers for microphotonic waveguides

P Cheben, JH Schmid, CA Ramos… - 2012 14th …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
grating couplers. In [4, 5] we showed that the coupling strength of a surface grating coupler
… the refractive index in the grating region using a subwavelength microstructure. An effective …

Subwavelength waveguide grating for mode conversion and light coupling in integrated optics

P Cheben, DX Xu, S Janz, A Densmore - Optics express, 2006 - opg.optica.org
… Unlike in the waveguide grating couplers based on diffraction, the SWG mechanism is
non-resonant, hence intrinsically wavelength insensitive. This is a consequence of the fine scale …

Refractive index engineering with subwavelength gratings in silicon microphotonic waveguides

JH Schmid, P Cheben, PJ Bock, R Halir… - IEEE Photonics …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
… to our TM couplers. Subwavelength binary blazed grating couplers have been discussed in
the … , BWaveguide grating coupler with subwavelength microstructures,[ Opt. Lett., vol. 34, no. …

Focusing sub-wavelength grating couplers with low back reflections for rapid prototyping of silicon photonic circuits

Y Wang, X Wang, J Flueckiger, H Yun, W Shi… - Optics express, 2014 - opg.optica.org
… as the sub-wavelength grating couplers. We can note that our sub-wavelength grating coupler
… central wavelength with the shallow-etched grating coupler for the TE 00 mode. While the …

Continuously apodized fiber-to-chip surface grating coupler with refractive index engineered subwavelength structure

R Halir, P Cheben, JH Schmid, R Ma, D Bedard… - Optics letters, 2010 - opg.optica.org
… A subwavelength microstructure is employed to generate an effective medium engineered
to vary the strength of the grating and thereby maximize coupling efficiency, while mitigating …

Colorless directional coupler with dispersion engineered sub-wavelength structure

R Halir, A Maese-Novo, A Ortega-Moñux… - Optics express, 2012 - opg.optica.org
… of sub-wavelength gratings to achieve … coupler. This approach does not compromise the
size or the phase response of the device. The sub-wavelength grating based directional coupler

Refractive index engineering with subwavelength gratings for efficient microphotonic couplers and planar waveguide multiplexers

P Cheben, PJ Bock, JH Schmid, J Lapointe, S Janz… - Optics letters, 2010 - opg.optica.org
sub wavelength periodic structures in dielectric optical waveguides [3, 4]. Here, we demonstrate
using subwavelength grating (… SU-8 materials at the subwavelength scale, the refractive …

Efficient and broadband subwavelength grating coupler for 3.7 μm mid-infrared silicon photonics integration

N Chen, B Dong, X Luo, H Wang, N Singh, GQ Lo… - Optics express, 2018 - opg.optica.org
… A grating coupler is an essential building block for compact and flexible photonics …
silicon-on-insulator (SOI) based MIR subwavelength grating coupler (SWGC) operating in the 3.7 μm …

Subwavelength index engineered surface grating coupler with sub-decibel efficiency for 220-nm silicon-on-insulator waveguides

D Benedikovic, P Cheben, JH Schmid, DX Xu… - Optics express, 2015 - opg.optica.org
… on a grating coupler with sub-decibel experimental coupling … We specifically demonstrate
a subwavelength metamaterial … the measured peak fiber-chip coupling efficiency of −0.69 dB (…