Phase-shifted Bragg gratings in a foundry silicon nitride platform

Abstract

Bragg gratings are key optical elements for applications in communications, sensing, and lasers. Phase-shifted Bragg gratings are a special case where the simple periodic structure is altered to allow a narrow spectral passband within the optical bandgap. Here, we demonstrate phase-shifted silicon nitride gratings fabricated using 193 nm deep ultraviolet lithography (DUV) on the AIM Photonics 300 mm silicon photonics foundry line. We measure the grating properties and verify the results with a transfer-matrix method (TMM) model. The standard grating expressions for extracting the coupling coefficient κ and bandwidth do not apply and are updated to account for the phase shift. These results inform future designs for on-chip grating filters and distributed feedback (DFB) lasers.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Mar 03, 2021
Source ID
10.1364/osac.413672

Entities

People

  • Andrew Ducharme
  • Chad Husko
  • Jeffrey R Guest
  • Nicholas M. Fahrenkopf

Organizations

  • Argonne National Laboratory
  • Loyola University Chicago
  • State University of New York
  • United States Department of Defense
  • United States Department of Energy

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy