2-D Grating Couplers For Vertical Fiber-coupling In Two Polarizations

We demonstrate highly efficient couplers in a two-dimensional grating configuration for a vertical fiber-coupling fabricated in the silicon-on-insulator platform. A combination of sub-wavelength reflectors and blazed gratings enables both high coupling efficiency and vertical grating coupling. We experimentally achieve coupling efficiencies of -2.6 dB at 1544 nm and -3.4 dB at 1536 nm for x- and y...