METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GRATING COUPLERS INCORPORATING PERTURBED WAVEGUIDES

    公开(公告)号:EP3351983A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-25

    申请号:EP18157074.8

    申请日:2013-07-09

    申请人: Luxtera, Inc.

    IPC分类号: G02B6/34 G02B6/124

    摘要: Methods and systems for grating couplers incorporating perturbed waveguides are disclosed and may include in a semiconductor photonics die, communicating optical signals into and/or out of the die utilizing a grating coupler on the die, where the grating coupler comprises perturbed waveguides. The perturbed waveguides may comprise a variable width along their length. The grating coupler may comprise a single polarization grating coupler comprising perturbed waveguides and a non-perturbed grating. The grating coupler may comprise a polarization splitting grating coupler (PSGC) that includes two sets of perturbed waveguides at a non-zero angle, or a plurality of non-linear rows of discrete shapes. The PSGC may comprise discrete scatterers at an intersection of the sets of perturbed waveguides. The grating couplers may be etched in a silicon layer on the semiconductor photonics die or deposited on the semiconductor photonics die. The grating coupler may comprise individual scatterers between the perturbed waveguides.