Grating Couplers on Silicon Photonics: Design Principles, Emerging Trends and Practical Issues

Two-dimensional grating coupler on silicon with a high coupling efficiency and a low polarization-dependent loss

(2020) B. Chen et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Edge Couplers in Silicon Photonic Integrated Circuits: A Review

(2020) Xin Mu et al.   Applied Sciences-Basel

Coupling strategies for silicon photonics integrated chips [Invited]

(2019) Riccardo Marchetti et al.   Photonics Research

Heterogeneous silicon photonics sensing for autonomous cars [Invited]

(2019) Weiqiang Xie et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Grating couplers fabricated by e-beam lithography for long-range surface plasmon waveguides embedded in a fluoropolymer

(2019) Zohreh Hirboodvash et al.   APPLIED OPTICS

Inverse Design and Demonstration of Broadband Grating Couplers

(2019) Neil V. Sapra et al.   IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN QUANTUM ELECTRONICS

Subwavelength Engineering in Silicon Photonic Devices

(2019) Wen Zhou et al.   IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN QUANTUM ELECTRONICS

Two-dimensional silicon photonic grating coupler with low polarization-dependent loss and high tolerance

(2019) Yanyun Xue et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

High coupling efficiency grating couplers on lithium niobate on insulator

(2019) Inna Krasnokutska et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Dual-wavelength-band subwavelength grating coupler operating in the near infrared and extended shortwave infrared

(2019) Wen Zhou et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Designing integrated photonic devices using artificial neural networks

(2019) Alec M. Hammond et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Compact, ultra-broadband plasmonic grating couplers

(2019) Masafumi Ayata et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

2-D Grating Couplers for Vertical Fiber Coupling in Two Polarizations

(2019) Tatsuhiko Watanabe et al.   IEEE Photonics Journal

Apodized silicon photonic grating couplers for mode-order conversion

(2019) Iosif Demirtzioglou et al.   Photonics Research

High-efficiency apodized bidirectional grating coupler for perfectly vertical coupling

(2019) Zanyun Zhang et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Efficient Mode Multiplexer for Few-Mode Fibers Using Integrated Silicon-on-Insulator Waveguide Grating Coupler

(2019) Yeyu Tong et al.   IEEE JOURNAL OF QUANTUM ELECTRONICS

Efficient Grating Couplers for Space Division Multiplexing Applications

(2018) Meng Zhang et al.   IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN QUANTUM ELECTRONICS

3 × 104 Gb/s Single-λ Interconnect of Mode-Division Multiplexed Network With a Multicore Fiber

(2018) Xinru Wu et al.   JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY

Bridged Coupler and Oval Mode Converter Based Silicon Mode Division (De)Multiplexer and Terabit WDM-MDM System Demonstration

(2018) Zeyu Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY

Development trends in silicon photonics for data centers

(2018) Zhiping Zhou et al.   OPTICAL FIBER TECHNOLOGY

Silicon nitride-on-silicon bi-layer grating couplers designed by a global optimization method

(2018) Jason C. C. Mak et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Inverse design of near unity efficiency perfectly vertical grating couplers

(2018) Andrew Michaels et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Fully-automated optimization of grating couplers

(2018) Logan Su et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Low-loss two-dimensional silicon photonic grating coupler with a backside metal mirror

(2018) Yannong Luo et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Tailorable dual-wavelength-band coupling in a transverse-electric-mode focusing subwavelength grating coupler

(2018) Wen Zhou et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Very sharp adiabatic bends based on an inverse design

(2018) Yingjie Liu et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Stimulated Raman spectroscopy of analytes evanescently probed by a silicon nitride photonic integrated waveguide

(2018) Haolan Zhao et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Compact double-part grating coupler for higher-order mode coupling

(2018) Yaxiao Lai et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Grating-Assisted Fiber to Chip Coupling for SOI Photonic Circuits

(2018) Siddharth Nambiar et al.   Applied Sciences-Basel

Monolithically Integrated Multilayer Silicon Nitride-on-Silicon Waveguide Platforms for 3-D Photonic Circuits and Devices

(2018) Wesley D. Sacher et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE

Subwavelength-Grating Metamaterial Structures for Silicon Photonic Devices

(2018) Robert Halir et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE

Silicon High-Order Mode (De)Multiplexer on Single Polarization

(2018) Yu He et al.   JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY

Inverse design in nanophotonics

(2018) Sean Molesky et al.   Nature Photonics

Multi-layer silicon nitride-on-silicon polarization-independent grating couplers

(2018) Jason C. C. Mak et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

High-efficiency hybrid amorphous silicon grating couplers for sub-micron-sized lithium niobate waveguides

(2018) Jian Jian et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Efficient perfectly vertical grating coupler for multi-core fibers fabricated with 193  nm DUV lithography

(2018) Yeyu Tong et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Open-Access Silicon Photonics: Current Status and Emerging Initiatives

(2018) Abdul Rahim et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE

Silicon Nanophotonic Integrated Devices for On-Chip Multiplexing and Switching

(2017) Daoxin Dai   JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY

Perpendicular Grating Coupler Based on a Blazed Antiback-Reflection Structure

(2017) Tatsuhiko Watanabe et al.   JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY

Very high efficiency optical coupler for silicon nanophotonic waveguide and single mode optical fiber

(2017) Li Zhu et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Dual-etch apodised grating couplers for efficient fibre-chip coupling near 1310 nm wavelength

(2017) Xia Chen et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Experimental demonstration of an apodized-imaging chip-fiber grating coupler for Si_3N_4 waveguides

(2017) Yang Chen et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

High-efficiency wideband SiN_x-on-SOI grating coupler with low fabrication complexity

(2017) Pengfei Xu et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Genetic-algorithm-optimized wideband on-chip polarization rotator with an ultrasmall footprint

(2017) Zejie Yu et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

L-shaped fiber-chip grating couplers with high directionality and low reflectivity fabricated with deep-UV lithography

(2017) Daniel Benedikovic et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Silicon photonic platforms for mid-infrared applications [Invited]

(2017) Ting Hu et al.   Photonics Research

High-efficiency grating-couplers: demonstration of a new design strategy

(2017) Riccardo Marchetti et al.   Scientific Reports

A Two-Dimensional Fiber Grating Coupler on SOI for Mode Division Multiplexing

(2016) Benjamin Wohlfeil et al.   IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS

Multicore Fiber Technology

(2016) Kunimasa Saitoh et al.   JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY

Fiber-chip edge coupler with large mode size for silicon photonic wire waveguides

(2016) Martin Papes et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Single-etch subwavelength engineered fiber-chip grating couplers for 13 µm datacom wavelength band

(2016) Daniel Benedikovic et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Sub-wavelength grating for enhanced ring resonator biosensor

(2016) Jonas Flueckiger et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

High-efficiency apodized-imaging chip-fiber grating coupler for silicon nitride waveguides

(2016) Yang Chen et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Binary particle swarm optimized 2  ×  2 power splitters in a standard foundry silicon photonic platform

(2016) Jason C. C. Mak et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Broadband fiber-chip zero-order surface grating coupler with 04  dB efficiency

(2016) Alejandro Sánchez-Postigo et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Silicon waveguide grating coupler for perfectly vertical fiber based on a tilted membrane structure

(2016) Liu Liu et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Two-dimensional grating coupler with a low polarization dependent loss of 025  dB covering the C-band

(2016) Jinghui Zou et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Roadmap on silicon photonics

(2016) David Thomson et al.   Journal of Optics

Nanophotonic Waveguide Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy of Biological Submonolayers

(2016) Ashim Dhakal et al.   ACS Photonics

Highly integrated optical phased arrays: photonic integrated circuits for optical beam shaping and beam steering

(2016) Martijn J.R. Heck   Nanophotonics

Photonic Packaging: Transforming Silicon Photonic Integrated Circuits into Photonic Devices

(2016) Lee Carroll et al.   Applied Sciences-Basel

Design of a barcode-like waveguide nanostructure for efficient chip–fiber coupling

(2016) Xiang Wen et al.   Photonics Research

Subwavelength TE/TM grating coupler based on silicon-on-insulator

(2015) Jingjing Zhang et al.   INFRARED PHYSICS & TECHNOLOGY

An integrated-nanophotonics polarization beamsplitter with 2.4 × 2.4 μm2 footprint

(2015) Bing Shen et al.   Nature Photonics

High efficiency binary blazed grating coupler for perfectly-vertical and near-vertical coupling in chip level optical interconnections

(2015) Li Yu et al.   OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS

Ultra efficient silicon nitride grating coupler with bottom grating reflector

(2015) Jinghui Zou et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Highly efficient and perfectly vertical chip-to-fiber dual-layer grating coupler

(2015) Ming Dai et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

High-performance silicon-on-insulator grating coupler with completely vertical emission

(2015) Hsin-Lun Tseng et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

On-chip grating coupler array on the SOI platform for fan-in/fan-out of MCFs with low insertion loss and crosstalk

(2015) Yunhong Ding et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Subwavelength index engineered surface grating coupler with sub-decibel efficiency for 220-nm silicon-on-insulator waveguides

(2015) Daniel Benedikovic et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Single step etched two dimensional grating coupler based on the SOI platform

(2015) Jinghui Zou et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Design of broadband subwavelength grating couplers with low back reflection

(2015) Yun Wang et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Polarization-independent nonuniform grating couplers on silicon-on-insulator

(2015) Jeong Hwan Song et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

High-directionality fiber-chip grating coupler with interleaved trenches and subwavelength index-matching structure

(2015) Daniel Benedikovic et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

A low cost, label-free biosensor based on a novel double-sided grating waveguide coupler with sub-surface cavities

(2015) Hsun-Yuan Li et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL

Apodized Focusing Fully Etched Subwavelength Grating Couplers

(2015) Yun Wang et al.   IEEE Photonics Journal

50 Gbps data transmission through amorphous silicon interlayer grating couplers with metal mirrors

(2014) Joon Hyun Kang et al.   Applied Physics Express

Waveguide sub-wavelength structures: a review of principles and applications

(2014) Robert Halir et al.   Laser & Photonics Reviews

High-efficiency single etch step apodized surface grating coupler using subwavelength structure

(2014) Daniel Benedikovic et al.   Laser & Photonics Reviews

Wide bandwidth and high coupling efficiency Si_3N_4-on-SOI dual-level grating coupler

(2014) Wesley D. Sacher et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

High-efficiency and wideband interlayer grating couplers in multilayer Si/SiO_2/SiN platform for 3D integration of optical functionalities

(2014) Majid Sodagar et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

CMOS compatible monolithic multi-layer Si_3N_4-on-SOI platform for low-loss high performance silicon photonics dense integration

(2014) Ying Huang et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Silicon photonics packaging with lateral fiber coupling to apodized grating coupler embedded circuit

(2014) Chao Li et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Mode-selective photonic lanterns for space-division multiplexing

(2014) Sergio G. Leon-Saval et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Efficient silicon nitride grating coupler with distributed Bragg reflectors

(2014) Huijuan Zhang et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Experimental demonstration of polarization-insensitive air-cladding grating couplers for silicon-on-insulator waveguides

(2014) Zhenzhou Cheng et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Fiber-chip grating coupler based on interleaved trenches with directionality exceeding 95%

(2014) C. Alonso-Ramos et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Optimization of fiber grating couplers on SOI using advanced search algorithms

(2014) Benjamin Wohlfeil et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

WDM-compatible mode-division multiplexing on a silicon chip

(2014) Lian-Wee Luo et al.   Nature Communications

Efficient adiabatic silicon-on-insulator waveguide taper

(2014) Yunfei Fu et al.   Photonics Research

CMOS-Compatible Polarization Splitting Grating Couplers With a Backside Metal Mirror

(2013) Wissem Sfar Zaoui et al.   IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS

Silicon Photonic Integrated Circuit Mode Multiplexer

(2013) Yunhong Ding et al.   IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS

A High-Efficiency Nonuniform Grating Coupler Realized With 248-nm Optical Lithography

(2013) Li He et al.   IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS

Large-scale nanophotonic phased array

(2013) Jie Sun et al.   NATURE

Nanophotonic computational design

(2013) Jesse Lu et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

A compact bi-wavelength polarization splitting grating coupler fabricated in a 220 nm SOI platform

(2013) Matthew Streshinsky et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Visible wavelength silicon nitride focusing grating coupler with AlCu/TiN reflector

(2013) Sebastian Romero-García et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Packaging Process for Grating-Coupled Silicon Photonic Waveguides Using Angle-Polished Fibers

(2013) Bradley Snyder et al.   IEEE Transactions on Components Packaging and Manufacturing Technology

Silicon Photonic Integrated Mode Multiplexer and Demultiplexer

(2012) A. M. J. Koonen et al.   IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS

High Efficiency and Broadband Two-Dimensional Blazed Grating Coupler With Fully Etched Triangular Holes

(2012) Kun Qin et al.   JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY

Polarization-independent grating coupler for micrometric silicon rib waveguides

(2012) C. Alonso-Ramos et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Design for broadband high-efficiency grating couplers

(2012) Zhe Xiao et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Wideband subwavelength gratings for coupling between silicon-on-insulator waveguides and optical fibers

(2012) Xia Chen et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

High-Performance Multimode Interference Coupler in Silicon Waveguides With Subwavelength Structures

(2011) A. Ortega-Monux et al.   IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS

Mode-Division Multiplexing Over 96 km of Few-Mode Fiber Using Coherent 6$\,\times\,$6 MIMO Processing

(2011) Roland Ryf et al.   JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY

Bi-wavelength two dimensional chirped grating couplers for low cost WDM PON transceivers

(2011) Lin Xu et al.   OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS

High-performance and compact binary blazed grating coupler based on an asymmetric subgrating structure and vertical coupling

(2011) Junbo Yang et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Polarization-independent grating couplers for silicon-on-insulator nanophotonic waveguides

(2011) Xia Chen et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Silicon Photonic Circuits: On-CMOS Integration, Fiber Optical Coupling, and Packaging

(2010) C Kopp et al.   IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN QUANTUM ELECTRONICS

Wide Bandwidth Silicon Nitride Grating Coupler

(2010) Christopher R. Doerr et al.   IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS

Topology optimization for nano-photonics

(2010) J.S. Jensen et al.   Laser & Photonics Reviews

Silicon optical modulators

(2010) G. T. Reed et al.   Nature Photonics

Recent progress in lasers on silicon

(2010) Di Liang et al.   Nature Photonics

High-efficiency fiber-to-chip grating couplers realized using an advanced CMOS-compatible Silicon-On-Insulator platform

(2010) D. Vermeulen et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Highly compact polarization-independent grating coupler

(2010) Shiqian Shao et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Continuously apodized fiber-to-chip surface grating coupler with refractive index engineered subwavelength structure

(2010) R. Halir et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Highly efficient nonuniform grating coupler for silicon-on-insulator nanophotonic circuits

(2010) Yongbo Tang et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Refractive index engineering with subwavelength gratings for efficient microphotonic couplers and planar waveguide multiplexers

(2010) Pavel Cheben et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Etched Waveguide Grating Variable 1$\,\times\,$2 Splitter/Combiner and Waveguide Coupler

(2009) Xia Chen et al.   IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS

Proposal for a Grating Waveguide Serving as Both a Polarization Splitter and an Efficient Coupler for Silicon-on-Insulator Nanophotonic Circuits

(2009) Yongbo Tang et al.   IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS

Waveguide grating coupler with subwavelength microstructures

(2009) Robert Halir et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

A Review of Phased Array Steering for Narrow-Band Electrooptical Systems

(2009) Paul F. McManamon et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE

Fabrication-Tolerant Waveguide Chirped Grating Coupler for Coupling to a Perfectly Vertical Optical Fiber

(2008) Xia Chen et al.   IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS

High efficiency silicon nitride surface grating couplers

(2008) Guillaume Maire et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS