Photonics Research, 2016, 4 (6): 06000209, Published Online: Dec. 23, 2016
Design of a barcode-like waveguide nanostructurefor efficient chip–fiber coupling Download: 1129次
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Fig. 2. Side-view schematics of the optimized coupling nanostructures for (a) four levels and (b) eight levels. Gray-scale representations of the discretized effective indices of the (c) four-level and (d) eight-level vertical coupling nanostructures.
Fig. 3. (a) Simulated amount of light leakage to the substrate. (b) Backreflection of the designed nanostructure. (c) Coupling efficiency of the two types of nanostructure.
Fig. 4. Simulated optical field distribution of the diffracted wave for the (a) four-level and (b) eight-level nanostructures, respectively.
Fig. 5. (a) Side-view schematic of the optimized eight-level polarization-independent nanostructure. Gray-scale representations of the discretized effective indices of the optimized structure for (b) TM and (c) TE.
Fig. 6. (a) Simulated amount of light leakage to the substrate. (b) Backreflections of the TE and TM modes from structure to waveguide. (c) Coupling efficiencies of the TE- and TM-mode light coupling from waveguide to single-mode fiber in the polarization-independent nanostructure.
Xiang Wen, Ke Xu, Qinghai Song. Design of a barcode-like waveguide nanostructurefor efficient chip–fiber coupling[J]. Photonics Research, 2016, 4(6): 06000209.