(3+1)D-printed adiabatic 1-to-N couplers

Adrià Grabulosa; Xavier Porte; Johnny Moughames; Daniel Brunner

doi:10.1117/12.2632985

3 October 2022 (3+1)D-printed adiabatic 1-to-N couplers

Adrià Grabulosa, Xavier Porte, Johnny Moughames, Daniel Brunner

Proceedings Volume 12204, Emerging Topics in Artificial Intelligence (ETAI) 2022; 1220404 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2632985
Event: SPIE Nanoscience + Engineering, 2022, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Low-loss single-mode optical coupling is a fundamental tool for most photonic networks, in both, classical and quantum settings. Adiabatic coupling can achieve highly efficient and broadband single-mode coupling using tapered waveguides and it is a widespread design in current 2D photonic integrated circuits technology. Optical power transfer between a tapered input and the inversely tapered output waveguides is achieved through evanescent coupling, and the optical mode leaks adiabatically from the input core through the cladding into the output waveguides cores. We have recently shown that for advantageous scaling of photonic networks, unlocking the third dimension for integration is essential. Two-photon polymerization (TPP) is a promising tool allowing dynamic and precise 3D-printing of submicrometric optical components. Here, we leverage rapid fabrication by constructing the entire 3D photonic chip combining one (OPP) and TPP with the (3+1)D flash-TPP lithography configuration, saving up to ≈ 90 % of the printing time compared to full TPP-fabrication. This additional photo-polymerization step provides auxiliary matrix stability for complex structures and sufficient refractive index contrast ∆n ≈ 5×10⁻³ between core-cladding waveguides and propagation losses of 1.3 dB/mm for single-mode propagation. Overall, we confront different tapering strategies and reduce total losses below ∼ 0.2 dB by tailoring coupling and waveguides geometry. Furthermore, we demonstrate adiabatic broadband functionality from 520 nm to 980 nm and adiabatic couplers with one input and up to 4 outputs. The scalability of output ports here addressed can only be achieved by using the three-spatial dimensions, being such adiabatic implementation impossible in 2D.

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Adrià Grabulosa, Xavier Porte, Johnny Moughames, and Daniel Brunner "(3+1)D-printed adiabatic 1-to-N couplers", Proc. SPIE 12204, Emerging Topics in Artificial Intelligence (ETAI) 2022, 1220404 (3 October 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2632985

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Ultraviolet radiation

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