Communication Dans Un Congrès Année : 2024

High-efficiency off-chip grating couplers for silicon nitride photonics

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Silicon nitride (Si3N4) is a leading platform in integrated photonics, providing unique passive functionalities, while maintaining compatibility with complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor processes and scalable and low-cost high-volume production. However, the moderate index contrast of the Si3N4 platform makes it difficult to implement efficient vertical surface grating couplers. In this work, we present efficient and robust fiber-chip grating couplers on native and hybrid Si3N4 platforms. Minimum coupling losses between -5 dB and -3 dB were measured for single-etch fabricated devices near 1.55 μm wavelength. Moreover, by leveraging the amorphous-silicon overlay on top of the Si3N4 platform, we develop hybrid single-etch grating couplers, with a coupling loss approaching 1 dB. The demonstrated grating couplers are promising for SiN integrated photonics, enabling a rapid and cost-effective chip interfacing with standard optical fibers. This opens up novel opportunities for rising applications, including optical communications, nonlinear optics, or quantum information sciences.
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cea-04769181 , version 1 (06-11-2024)

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Radovan Korcek, William Fraser, Quentin Wilmart, David Medina Quiroz, Jan Litvik, et al.. High-efficiency off-chip grating couplers for silicon nitride photonics. Integrated Optics: Devices, Materials, and Technologies XXVIII, Jan 2024, San Francisco, United States. pp.1288909, ⟨10.1117/12.3002214⟩. ⟨cea-04769181⟩
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