Inverse Designed Grating Coupler With Low Loss and High Bandwidth on LNOI Platform

A grating coupler structure on a X-cut lithium niobate on insulator (LNOI) platform is designed and demonstrated. The utilized inverse design method is based on gradient-based adjoint optimization method, which is time saving and with more optimization degrees of freedom. For TE polarization, the hi...

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Main Authors: Xingsheng He, Dongyue Sun, Jingye Chen, Yaocheng Shi
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Published: IEEE 2024-01-01
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description A grating coupler structure on a X-cut lithium niobate on insulator (LNOI) platform is designed and demonstrated. The utilized inverse design method is based on gradient-based adjoint optimization method, which is time saving and with more optimization degrees of freedom. For TE polarization, the high coupling efficiency of −3.3 dB is experimentally obtained. The maximum coupling efficiency is still −3.9 dB with the broadband 3-dB bandwidth of 90 nm. The grating coupler of high performance is realized by only single step etching and without bottom metal reflection layer.
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spelling doaj-art-83efe07e5b9b450f942c8e9819fdbd462025-08-20T03:33:14ZengIEEEIEEE Photonics Journal1943-06552024-01-011611510.1109/JPHOT.2024.335119910384693Inverse Designed Grating Coupler With Low Loss and High Bandwidth on LNOI PlatformXingsheng He0https://orcid.org/0009-0007-7964-4720Dongyue Sun1https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6686-1700Jingye Chen2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3994-8934Yaocheng Shi3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4489-8310State Key Laboratory for Modern Optical Instrumentation, Center for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, Ningbo Innovation Center, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, ChinaState Key Laboratory for Modern Optical Instrumentation, Center for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, Ningbo Innovation Center, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, ChinaState Key Laboratory for Modern Optical Instrumentation, Center for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, Ningbo Innovation Center, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, ChinaState Key Laboratory for Modern Optical Instrumentation, Center for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, Ningbo Innovation Center, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, ChinaA grating coupler structure on a X-cut lithium niobate on insulator (LNOI) platform is designed and demonstrated. The utilized inverse design method is based on gradient-based adjoint optimization method, which is time saving and with more optimization degrees of freedom. For TE polarization, the high coupling efficiency of −3.3 dB is experimentally obtained. The maximum coupling efficiency is still −3.9 dB with the broadband 3-dB bandwidth of 90 nm. The grating coupler of high performance is realized by only single step etching and without bottom metal reflection layer.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10384693/Grating couplerlithium niobateinverse design
spellingShingle Xingsheng He
Dongyue Sun
Jingye Chen
Yaocheng Shi
Inverse Designed Grating Coupler With Low Loss and High Bandwidth on LNOI Platform
IEEE Photonics Journal
Grating coupler
lithium niobate
inverse design
title Inverse Designed Grating Coupler With Low Loss and High Bandwidth on LNOI Platform
title_full Inverse Designed Grating Coupler With Low Loss and High Bandwidth on LNOI Platform
title_fullStr Inverse Designed Grating Coupler With Low Loss and High Bandwidth on LNOI Platform
title_full_unstemmed Inverse Designed Grating Coupler With Low Loss and High Bandwidth on LNOI Platform
title_short Inverse Designed Grating Coupler With Low Loss and High Bandwidth on LNOI Platform
title_sort inverse designed grating coupler with low loss and high bandwidth on lnoi platform
topic Grating coupler
lithium niobate
inverse design
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10384693/
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