• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 13, Issue 5, 050501 (2015)
Hua Wu1、2, Chong Li1, Qiaoli Liu1, Bai Liu1, Jian Dong1, Lei Shi1, and Xia Guo1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Photonic Device Research Laboratory, College of Electronic Information and Control Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
  • 2College of Physics and Electronic Information, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou 341000, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL201513.050501 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Hua Wu, Chong Li, Qiaoli Liu, Bai Liu, Jian Dong, Lei Shi, Xia Guo. Design of two-dimensional apodized grating couplers with Gaussian diffractive mode[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2015, 13(5): 050501 Copy Citation Text show less
    Schematic of an apodized grating coupler: (a) side view; (b) top view. (c) Relationship of the equivalent refractive index neq,i and longitudinal grating period Λz,i with the lateral duty cycle fy,i. (d) Grating directionality as a function of BOX thickness.
    Fig. 1. Schematic of an apodized grating coupler: (a) side view; (b) top view. (c) Relationship of the equivalent refractive index neq,i and longitudinal grating period Λz,i with the lateral duty cycle fy,i. (d) Grating directionality as a function of BOX thickness.
    Calculation results of the Gaussian function and the corresponding leakage factor distribution. Inset, relationship of the leakage factor αi with the duty cycle of the groove fy,i.
    Fig. 2. Calculation results of the Gaussian function and the corresponding leakage factor distribution. Inset, relationship of the leakage factor αi with the duty cycle of the groove fy,i.
    Value distribution along the longitudinal grating period number of duty cycle of the ith groove fy,i, equivalent refractive index neq,i of the grating grooves, and longitudinal grating period Λz,i for apodized grating couplers.
    Fig. 3. Value distribution along the longitudinal grating period number of duty cycle of the ith groove fy,i, equivalent refractive index neq,i of the grating grooves, and longitudinal grating period Λz,i for apodized grating couplers.
    (a) Coupling efficiency versus wavelength of the apodized grating couplers in three feature sizes; (b) electric field intensity distribution when the light propagates in the grating couplers with gold bottom mirror at the wavelength of 1550 nm.
    Fig. 4. (a) Coupling efficiency versus wavelength of the apodized grating couplers in three feature sizes; (b) electric field intensity distribution when the light propagates in the grating couplers with gold bottom mirror at the wavelength of 1550 nm.
    Hua Wu, Chong Li, Qiaoli Liu, Bai Liu, Jian Dong, Lei Shi, Xia Guo. Design of two-dimensional apodized grating couplers with Gaussian diffractive mode[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2015, 13(5): 050501
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