对称结构光纤光栅耦合器及其应用

光纤光栅耦合器(FGC)具有光纤光栅良好的波长选择特性和光纤耦合器的多端口特点，易于实现全光纤的光波分插复用。光纤光栅耦合器主要有4种结构：基于M Z干涉仪的分离型、基于100％耦合器的非对称型、基于0耦合器的非对称型和基于100％耦合器的对称型。着重介绍对称结构光纤光栅耦合器的结构、工作原理和研究现状。提出了测试方案，并探讨了这种器件在大规模波分复用光纤传感器阵列中的应用。     

一种基于斜光栅辅助的非对称耦合器型光分插复用器

提出了一种基于斜光栅辅助的非对称耦合器型光分插复用器。运用复合波导的三维正交模式,对器件的三种可能的结构进行了理论分析,选出粗波导光栅型结构。利用耦合模理论,模拟了斜光栅的耦合特性并对其倾斜角进行优化设计。通过回波峰值设计法,将器件的工作波长放在波分复用信道之内,回波峰值波长放在波分复用信道之外,使得器件的性能大有提高。模拟结果表明器件的串扰可达到-30 dB,回波损耗可达到-25 dB。同时,器件的关键工艺容差较大,易于批量化生产。当斜光栅的倾斜角度在2.5°到4.5°之间时,器件的串扰低于-28 dB,回波损耗低于-22 dB。     

Apodized grating coupler using fully-etched nanostructures

A two-dimensional apodized grating coupler for interfacing between single-mode fiber and photonic circuit is demonstrated in order to bridge the mode gap between the grating coupler and optical fiber. The grating grooves of the grating couplers are realized by columns of fully etched nanostructures, which are utilized to digitally tailor the effective refractive index of each groove in order to obtain the Gaussian-like output diffractive mode and then enhance the coupling efficiency.Compared with that of the uniform grating coupler, the coupling efficiency of the apodized grating coupler is increased by 4.3% and 5.7%, respectively, for the nanoholes and nanorectangles as refractive index tunes layer.     

Integrated Planar Waveguide Demultiplexers for High-Density WDM Applications

A review is presented of state-of-the-art optical planar waveguide demultiplexers (DEMUXes), that is, phasars (arrayed waveguide) and etched grating devices designed for high-density (narrow channel spacing) wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) systems. Their advantages and disadvantages are discussed in comparison with other techniques for demultiplexing WDM signals. The advances made in their performance are reviewed, and ultimate limitations, set by technological constraints, are proposed. Finally, a comparison is made of the advantages and disadvantages of etched grating as opposed to phasar planar waveguide DEMUXes.     

新型大规模全光星形耦合器

提出了一种新型大规模全光星形耦合器。这种星形耦合器不但能提供巨大的端口数,而且由其构成的波分复用（WDM）星形网具有极大的组网灵活性,能方便地实现网络在线扩容,升级,满足未来超大规模双向波分复用网络系统的需求,同时也适用于目前广泛应用的单向波分复用网络系统。     

Integration of grating couplers with a compact photonic crystal demultiplexer on an InP membrane

We demonstrate the integration of a 30% efficient grating coupler with a compact photonic crystal wavelength demultiplexer (DeMUX). The DeMUX has seven output channels that are spaced 10 nm apart and is aimed at coarse WDM applications. The integrated devices are realized on a high-index-contrast InP membrane using a simple benzocyclobutene wafer bonding technique. Cross talks of -10 to -12 dB for four channels 20 nm apart are obtained without optimization.     

High efficiency grating couplers based on shared process with CMOS MOSFETs

Grating couplers are widely investigated as coupling interfaces between silicon-on-insulator waveguides and optical fibers.In this work,a high-efficiency and complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor(CMOS) process compatible grating coupler is proposed.The poly-Si layer used as a gate in the CMOS metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistor(MOSFET) is combined with a normal fully etched grating coupler,which greatly enhances its coupling efficiency.With optimal structure parameters,a coupling efficiency can reach as high as ～ 70% at a wavelength of 1550 nm as indicated by simulation.From the angle of fabrication,all masks and etching steps are shared between MOSFETs and grating couplers,thereby making the high performance grating couplers easily integrated with CMOS circuits.Fabrication errors such as alignment shift are also simulated,showing that the device is quite tolerant in fabrication.     

Hybrid photonics structures with grating and prism couplers based on ZnO waveguides

This paper presents the results of investigations concerning input-output systems of an electromagnetic wave in the visible and near visible spectrum for their application in structures of integrated optics. The input-output structures used in described planar optical waveguides are in a form of prism and grating couplers. The first part of the paper contains numerical analysis of grating couplers aiming at an optimization of their geometrical parameters, strictly — the depth of the grooves in the grating coupler. The second part presents the practical realization, as well as experimental tests of the planar optical waveguide with the hybrid input-output system. As the input system of the electromagnetic wave, a prism coupler was used, and in the case of the output system — a photonic structure with grating coupler was applied. The investigated planar wave guides with the input-output structures were made of a wide energy band gap semiconductor — zinc oxide (ZnO).     

Spectral properties of asymmetrical optical directional couplers with periodic structures

A comparison is made of co- and contradirectional couplers with periodic structures, with a view to their suitability as WDM devices for integrated optical systems. Expressions are obtained for the spectral response within the framework of a coupled-mode theory. It is shown that the competition between direct Bragg, Bragg-exchange and codirectional coupling in the contradirectional coupler leads to shifting and constriction of the stop bands. Calculations are made for a codirectional coupler with a new type of meander structure and for the contradirectional coupler.     

Design of a thermal tunable photonic-crystal coupler

Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) is a common technique used to increase the capacity of optical communication networks. In this technique, data coming from different sources are transmitted through the same optical fiber using different optical carriers. We study a thermally controlled tunable photonic-crystal optical coupler. The device is designed using a triangular lattice of air holes in an epitaxially layered structure (InGaAsP/InP). In this configuration, the input and output waveguides are separated from each other, in contrast to other devices that require a reflective grating and circulators or beam splitters. We use the two-dimensional finite-difference time-domain method (2D-FDTD) to analyze the performance of this device. After optimization the parameters of this device, we study the effects of changing the temperature. Not only has the position of the resonant peak changed linearly with the temperature, but the efficiency is also doubled. A linear regression of the spectral response gives a slope of dλ/dT = +0.1 nm/°C in a temperature range of ΔT = 50°C for wavelengths close to 1550 nm. These results show the possibility of tuning this contra-directional coupler using the thermo-optical effect.     

A Novel Design of Grating Couplers for Efficient Broadband Coupling between Silicon-on-Insulator Nanophotonic Waveguides and Fibres

A novel design of out-of-plane grating couplers is proposed for coupling between silicon-on-insulator nanophotonic waveguides and single-mode fibres. The coupler with the first-order diffraction coupling to the optical fibre is actually a second-order reflected grating with two times of period of the first-order grating. To enhance outcoupled power, a back hole is designed to form in the silicon substrate and a kind of metals is placed on the top acting as a reflection layer. The coupler is optimized using coupled-mode-based simulations, showing that the coupling efficiency to and from tapered optical fibre can be as high as 85% with 1dB bandwidth about 23 nm.     

光纤投影双频自动轮廓测量术

提出一种双频光纤投影自动轮廓测量技术；用一分二单模光纤耦合器产生正弦光强分布的投影光栅场；将光纤一臂绕在压电陶瓷（ＰＺＴ）环上述旁瓣通过压电陶瓷环引入相移值；以改变出射端两光纤间的距离来发迹投影光栅场的空间频率，用双频光栅技术实现复杂表面自动轮廓测量。     

Design for broadband high-efficiency grating couplers

In this Letter, we propose general optimization methods to design broadband high-efficiency grating couplers for planar waveguides. We attribute the coupling bandwidth to the mismatch of effective indices between the diffracted beam and the actual grating structure around the operation wavelength for fiber to waveguide excitation. The coupling bandwidth formula is deduced. A simple parameter-separate optimization procedure is proposed for general layered grating couplers for high coupling efficiency. Using our principle, we optimized a grating coupler for a horizontal slot waveguide operating at wavelength 1.55 μm for TM polarization. The grating coupler has 1 dB bandwidth of 60 nm and coupling efficiency of 65% with incident light from single-mode optical fiber (SMF) at 8°.     

SOI基纳米光栅耦合器的结构改进与仿真验证

针对硅基光波导与单模光纤在光耦合过程中存在耦合效率低,对准难度大的问题,提出了一种新型基于绝缘体上硅(SOI)结构的纳米光栅耦合器。运用有限时域差分法探究了纳米光栅耦合器的结构特性,结合光纤准直器的准直原理,系统分析了纳米光栅耦合器的结构模型。研究了入射光波长、入射角度、光栅占空比等因素对光栅耦合效率的影响,得出了基本纳米光栅耦合器的最佳结构参数;在基本耦合光栅结构的基础上进行了改进,增加了后反射器、增透膜和底层介质膜,并运用Optiwave OptiFDTD 8.0软件优化了各部分结构的设计参数,得到了优化的耦合光栅结构。纳米光栅耦合器的耦合效率提高至59.37%,3dB带宽达到65nm。     

An ASE Reduction Filter Using Cascaded Optical Fiber Grating Couplers in EDFA Repeater

A new configuration for an ASE reduction filter in EDFA repeaters for WDM optical transmission systems using optical fiber grating couplers (FGCs) was proposed and first demonstrated. The filtering characteristics of the proposed filter for amplified single wavelength signal and 2-channel WDM signals using EDFA were identified. It was found that the filter was effective to improve SNR in optical domain by reducing ASE noise. The required FGC characteristics for the filter were theoretically predicted under the condition that the total filter loss did not exceed 3 dB. More than 70% of drop efficiency was required in each FGC for the application of the proposed filter to an 8-channel WDM system using EDFA repeaters.     

The Coupled-mode Theory of Grating-assisted Parallel Optical Fiber Cores

A new coupled-mode formulation is developed for grating-assisted parallel optical fiber cores. The theory is derived from the scalar wave equation by perturbation method. The diffraction caused by grating and coupler in the grating region are both considered. Based on the theory, various experimental phenomena in grating-assisted parallel optical fiber cores can be simulated accurately.     

The Coupled-mode Theory of Grating-assisted Parallel Optical Fiber Cores

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基于达曼光栅的动态光耦合器

提出了一种基于达曼光栅的动态光耦合器,通过控制装置中达曼光栅位移参量,可实现入射光束的分束或合束以及两者之间的动态转换。适当选择达曼光栅类型可实现任意N×M的动态光耦合。实验中以1550 nm光波长为例,对1×8达曼动态光耦合器进行测量,测得其实现光开关功能时插入损耗为0.43 dB,实现光分束功能时均匀性达到0.03,单路插入损耗均值为10.5 dB。该实验装置易于调节、体积小、能耗低,且关键元件达曼光栅制作工艺成熟,易于批量化生产。特别是在实现中大规模光交换阵列时,该方案就具有更明显的优越性,有实用意义。     

High-efficiency optical coupling to planar photodiode using metal reflector loaded waveguide grating coupler

For the realization of optoelectronic integrated circuits, it is required to incident light perpendicularly to a planar Si photodiode. We propose a high-efficient vertical optical coupler using an amorphous Si optical waveguide grating coupler with top reflector, which is transparent at 850 nm wavelength range. The optical waveguide (width of 300 nm $\times $ height of 100 nm) coupler is analyzed by using finite element method. The coupling efficiency of 80 % is calculated at the grating period of 380 nm, the duty ratio of 0.75 and the depth of 35–65 nm with top metal reflector.     

CMOS compatible highly efficient grating couplers with a stair-step blaze profile

A novel grating coupler with a stair-step blaze profile is proposed.The coupler is a CMOS process compatible device and can be used for light coupling in optical communication.The blaze profile can be optimized to obtain a high efficiency of 66.7% for the out-of-plane coupling at the centre wavelength of 1595 nm with a 1 dB bandwidth of 41 nm.Five key parameters of the stair-step blaze grating and their effects on the coupling are discussed for the application in L band telecommunication.