Aluminum nitride grating couplers

作者:Ghosh Siddhartha*; Doerr Christopher R; Piazza Gianluca
来源:Applied Optics, 2012, 51(17): 3763-3767.
DOI:10.1364/AO.51.003763

摘要

Grating couplers in sputtered aluminum nitride, a piezoelectric material with low loss in the C band, are demonstrated. Gratings and a waveguide micromachined on a silicon wafer with 600 nm minimum feature size were defined in a single lithography step without partial etching. Silicon dioxide (SiO2) was used for cladding layers. Peak coupling efficiency of -6.6 dB and a 1 dB bandwidth of 60 nm have been measured. This demonstration of wire waveguides and wideband grating couplers in a material that also has piezoelectric and elasto-optic properties will enable new functions for integrated photonics and optomechanics.

  • 出版日期2012-6-10