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.     

高Q值二维光子晶体缺三腔的数值模拟与分析

针对单光子源对高性能纳米腔的需要, 采用“柔性束缚"光子限制结构和时域有限差分法, 通过把时域和频域的光电场分布与理想高斯函数进行比较, 设计出一种高品质因子的光子晶体缺三腔(L3), 其Q值达Q=2.8×10⁵, 有效模式体积为V_eff=0.1813(λ/n)³, 相应的Purcell因子超过F=1.2×10⁵. 此外, 提出一种定量描述腔性能优劣程度的能量系数分析法, 通过定量对比二维高斯分布下的场分布能量与总能量, 提高了腔的优化速度与准确性. 计算结果表明, 随着腔性能的优化, Q值正比于能量系数γ值直至饱和.     

一种模拟倾斜折射率界面光波导的新方法

针对传统离散格式下，束传播方法(BPM)模拟倾斜折射率界面出现的问题，提出了一种简明且易于编程实现的改进方案. 在横向上，通过坐标系变换和插值处理，以新颖的7点差分格式代替传统的5点差分方式；在纵向上，以四阶显式Runge-Kutta方法(RKBPM)代替二阶Crank-Nicholson算法(CNBPM)，避免了求解不规则矩阵方程，从而使计算效率显著提高. 关键词： 束传播方法 Runge-Kutta方法 光波导 脊形波导