Demonstration of an As2S3-on-LiNbO3 Grating Coupler and its Application of Measuring a Grating-based Filter

We demonstrate the design, fabrication, and measurement results for an As<sub>2</sub>S<sub>3</sub> grating coupler on a LiNbO<sub>3</sub> substrate. The proposed coupler was fabricated by a single lithography step followed by a single reactive ion etching step, wh...

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Main Authors: Chen Zhang, C. K. Madsen
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Published: IEEE 2016-01-01
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description We demonstrate the design, fabrication, and measurement results for an As<sub>2</sub>S<sub>3</sub> grating coupler on a LiNbO<sub>3</sub> substrate. The proposed coupler was fabricated by a single lithography step followed by a single reactive ion etching step, which substantially reduces the processing steps compared to previously reported coupling between vertically integrated As<sub>2</sub>S<sub>3</sub> and LiNbO<sub>3</sub> waveguides. The measured grating coupling loss is 3.75&#x00A0;dB at 1563&#x00A0;nm for TE polarization. In addition, a sidewall Bragg grating cavity was fabricated using the grating input and output couplers. The Bragg grating response had a full width at half maximum (FWHM) of 0.0375&#x00A0;nm around the resonance wavelength and a cavity free spectral range (FSR) of 0.36&#x00A0;nm. Applications of these vertically integrated As<sub>2</sub>S<sub>3</sub> grating couplers include 2-D beam steering using the electro-optic tuning afforded by the LiNbO<sub>3</sub> substrate and electro-optic sensing.
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spelling doaj-art-e10da107dd694ec197fa3adec6d58c572025-08-20T02:44:39ZengIEEEIEEE Photonics Journal1943-06552016-01-01861710.1109/JPHOT.2016.26162207762076Demonstration of an As2S3-on-LiNbO3 Grating Coupler and its Application of Measuring a Grating-based FilterChen Zhang0C. K. Madsen1Texas A&amp;M University, College Station, TX, USATexas A&amp;M University, College Station, TX, USAWe demonstrate the design, fabrication, and measurement results for an As<sub>2</sub>S<sub>3</sub> grating coupler on a LiNbO<sub>3</sub> substrate. The proposed coupler was fabricated by a single lithography step followed by a single reactive ion etching step, which substantially reduces the processing steps compared to previously reported coupling between vertically integrated As<sub>2</sub>S<sub>3</sub> and LiNbO<sub>3</sub> waveguides. The measured grating coupling loss is 3.75&#x00A0;dB at 1563&#x00A0;nm for TE polarization. In addition, a sidewall Bragg grating cavity was fabricated using the grating input and output couplers. The Bragg grating response had a full width at half maximum (FWHM) of 0.0375&#x00A0;nm around the resonance wavelength and a cavity free spectral range (FSR) of 0.36&#x00A0;nm. Applications of these vertically integrated As<sub>2</sub>S<sub>3</sub> grating couplers include 2-D beam steering using the electro-optic tuning afforded by the LiNbO<sub>3</sub> substrate and electro-optic sensing.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7762076/Bragg gratingchalcogenide waveguidegrating couplerlithium niobatephased array
spellingShingle Chen Zhang
C. K. Madsen
Demonstration of an As2S3-on-LiNbO3 Grating Coupler and its Application of Measuring a Grating-based Filter
IEEE Photonics Journal
Bragg grating
chalcogenide waveguide
grating coupler
lithium niobate
phased array
title Demonstration of an As2S3-on-LiNbO3 Grating Coupler and its Application of Measuring a Grating-based Filter
title_full Demonstration of an As2S3-on-LiNbO3 Grating Coupler and its Application of Measuring a Grating-based Filter
title_fullStr Demonstration of an As2S3-on-LiNbO3 Grating Coupler and its Application of Measuring a Grating-based Filter
title_full_unstemmed Demonstration of an As2S3-on-LiNbO3 Grating Coupler and its Application of Measuring a Grating-based Filter
title_short Demonstration of an As2S3-on-LiNbO3 Grating Coupler and its Application of Measuring a Grating-based Filter
title_sort demonstration of an as2s3 on linbo3 grating coupler and its application of measuring a grating based filter
topic Bragg grating
chalcogenide waveguide
grating coupler
lithium niobate
phased array
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7762076/
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