Highly efficient dual-level grating couplers for silicon nitride photonics

Abstract We propose and numerically demonstrate a versatile strategy that allows designing highly efficient dual-level grating couplers in different silicon nitride-based photonic platforms. The proposed technique, which can generally be applied to an arbitrary silicon nitride film thickness, is bas...

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Main Authors: Valerio Vitali, Cosimo Lacava, Thalía Domínguez Bucio, Frederic Y. Gardes, Periklis Petropoulos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-09-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-19352-9