Recent advances in silicon-based passive and active optical interconnects

H Subbaraman, X Xu, A Hosseini, X Zhang, Y Zhang… - Optics express, 2015 - opg.optica.org
Silicon photonics has experienced phenomenal transformations over the last decade. In this
paper, we present some of the notable advances in silicon-based passive and active optical …

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 …

Ultra-efficient silicon-on-insulator grating couplers with backside metal mirrors

N Hoppe, WS Zaoui, L Rathgeber… - IEEE Journal of …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Coupling of light from off-chip into highly complex silicon-based devices is currently focus of
efforts and research. In this work, the experimental demonstration of a-0.50 dB (89%) …

Efficient and fabrication error tolerant grating couplers on the InP membrane on silicon platform

AA Kashi, JJGM van der Tol, KA Williams, Y Jiao - Applied Optics, 2022 - opg.optica.org
In order to couple light between photonic integrated circuits and optical fibers, grating
couplers are commonly employed. This paper describes the design and fabrication of deep …

High positional freedom SOI subwavelength grating coupler (SWG) for 300 mm foundry fabrication

EW Ong, T Wallner, NM Fahrenkopf, DD Coolbaugh - Optics express, 2018 - opg.optica.org
We present an apodized, single etch-step, subwavelength grating (SWG) high positional
freedom (HPF) grating coupler based on the 220 nm silicon-on-insulator (SOI) with 2μm …

System-level integration of active silicon photonic biosensors

L Laplatine, O Al'Mrayat, E Luan… - Microfluidics …, 2017 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Biosensors based on silicon photonic integrated circuits have attracted a growing interest in
recent years. The use of sub-micron silicon waveguides to propagate near-infrared light …

Novel silicon and nanophotonic components for emerging applications in optical short-reach interconnects

Q Zhong - 2015 - escholarship.mcgill.ca
In recent years, with the advantages of Complementary-‐Metal-‐Oxide-‐Semiconductor
(CMOS) compatibility, high energy efficiency and high integration density, silicon photonics …