Low-loss, compact, spot-size-converter based vertical couplers for photonic integrated circuits

P Singaravelu 1 G Devarapu 1 Sebastian Schulz 1 Quentin Wilmart 2 Stéphane Malhouitre 2 Ségolène Olivier 2 L O‘faolain 1
1 CIT - Cork Institute of Technology
2 CEA-LETI - Laboratoire d'Electronique et des Technologies de l'Information
Abstract : In recent years, the monolithic integration of new materials such as SiN, Ge and LiNbO3 on silicon (Si) has become important to the Si photonics community due to the possibility of combining the advantages of both material systems. However, efficient coupling between the two different layers is challenging. In this work, we present a spot size converter based on a two-tier taper structure to couple the optical mode adiabatically between Si and SiN. The fabricated devices show a coupling loss as low as 0.058 dB +/- 0.01 dB per transition at 1525 nm. The low coupling loss between the Si to SiN, and vice versa, reveals that this interlayer transition occurs adiabatically for short taper lengths (< 200 mu m). The high refractive index contrast between the Si and SiN is overcome by matching the optical impedance. The proposed two-tier taper structure provides a new platform for optoelectronic integration and a route towards 3D photonic integrated circuits.
Keywords : spot size converters inverse tapers vertical coupling
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P Singaravelu, G Devarapu, Sebastian Schulz, Quentin Wilmart, Stéphane Malhouitre, et al.. Low-loss, compact, spot-size-converter based vertical couplers for photonic integrated circuits. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, IOP Publishing, 2019, 52 (21), pp.214001. ⟨10.1088/1361-6463/ab07d5⟩. ⟨cea-02183431⟩

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