• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 13, Issue 9, 091301 (2015)
Jingjing Zhang1, Junbo Yang1,2,*, Huanyu Lu1,3, Wenjun Wu1..., Jie Huang1 and Shengli Chang1|Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1Center of Material Science, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
  • 2State Key Laboratory on Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
  • 3University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL201513.091301 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Jingjing Zhang, Junbo Yang, Huanyu Lu, Wenjun Wu, Jie Huang, Shengli Chang, "Polarization-independent grating coupler based on silicon-on-insulator," Chin. Opt. Lett. 13, 091301 (2015) Copy Citation Text show less
    Polarization-insensitive grating coupler based on SOI.
    Fig. 1. Polarization-insensitive grating coupler based on SOI.
    Effective refractive index as a function of waveguide thickness.
    Fig. 2. Effective refractive index as a function of waveguide thickness.
    Coupling efficiency as a function of filling factor.
    Fig. 3. Coupling efficiency as a function of filling factor.
    Coupling efficiency as a function of period.
    Fig. 4. Coupling efficiency as a function of period.
    Coupling efficiency as a function of etching height.
    Fig. 5. Coupling efficiency as a function of etching height.
    Coupling efficiency as a function of wavelength and angle.
    Fig. 6. Coupling efficiency as a function of wavelength and angle.
    Compare with coupling efficiency and wavelength for TE and TM mode.
    Fig. 7. Compare with coupling efficiency and wavelength for TE and TM mode.
    Optical field distributions at the wavelength of 1.56 μm for (a) TE mode and (b) TM mode.
    Fig. 8. Optical field distributions at the wavelength of 1.56 μm for (a) TE mode and (b) TM mode.
    ParametersλTHfθ
    Value1.560.930.160.6511°
    Table 1. Optimized Design Parameters (Unit: μm)
    Jingjing Zhang, Junbo Yang, Huanyu Lu, Wenjun Wu, Jie Huang, Shengli Chang, "Polarization-independent grating coupler based on silicon-on-insulator," Chin. Opt. Lett. 13, 091301 (2015)
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