Cost-effective CMOS-compatible grating couplers with backside metal mirror and 69% coupling efficiency.
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A highly efficient grating structure for the coupling between standard optical fibers and single-mode waveguides in the silicon-on-insulator platform realized in a CMOS fabrication process is presented. The cost-effective method introduces a backside metal mirror to the grating coupler without need of an extensive wafer-to-wafer bonding. A coupling efficiency of -1.6 dB (around 69%) near the telecommunication wavelength 1550 nm and a large 1 dB-bandwidth of 48 nm are achieved.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Optics express
دوره 20 26 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012