Yu Shengtao, Li Xiaoyu, Gui Chengqun
School of Power and Mechanical Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China.
The Institute of Technological Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China.
Micromachines (Basel). 2023 Jun 18;14(6):1268. doi: 10.3390/mi14061268.
An optical coupler is a key input/output (I/O) device in a photonic integrated circuit (PIC), which plays the role of light-source import and modulated light output. In this research, a vertical optical coupler consisting of a concave mirror and a half-cone edge taper was designed. We optimized the structure of mirror curvature and taper through finite-difference-time-domain (FDTD) and ZEMAX simulation to achieve mode matching between SMF (single-mode fiber) and the optical coupler. The device was fabricated via laser-direct-writing 3D lithography, dry etching and deposition on a 3.5 µm silicon-on-insulator (SOI) platform. The test results show that the overall loss of the coupler and its connected waveguide at 1550 nm was 1.11 dB in transverse-electric (TE) mode and 2.25 dB in transverse-magnetic (TM) mode.
光耦合器是光子集成电路(PIC)中的关键输入/输出(I/O)器件,其作用是导入光源并输出调制光。在本研究中,设计了一种由凹面镜和半圆锥边缘锥组成的垂直光耦合器。我们通过时域有限差分(FDTD)和ZEMAX模拟优化了镜面曲率和锥度的结构,以实现单模光纤(SMF)与光耦合器之间的模式匹配。该器件通过激光直写3D光刻、干法蚀刻并沉积在3.5μm绝缘体上硅(SOI)平台上制造而成。测试结果表明,在横向电场(TE)模式下,耦合器及其连接波导在1550nm处的总损耗为1.11dB,在横向磁场(TM)模式下为2.25dB。