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    • Optics and Photonics
    • Computational Electromagnetics
    • Nanophotonics

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    • Interlayer waveguide gratings are essential for optical interconnects in high-density integrated electronics.
    • Accurate simulation of grating coupling efficiencies under angular misalignments is critical for device performance.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To simulate and analyze interlayer waveguide grating coupling efficiencies under various angular misalignments.
    • To evaluate the computational efficiency and numerical stability of the 3D-RCWA and RCWA-EIS methods for grating analysis.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilized the 3D rigorous coupled-wave analysis (3D-RCWA) combined with the RCWA equivalent-index-slab (RCWA-EIS) method.
    • Simulated conical diffraction for binary rectangular-groove gratings under rotations about x, z, and an arbitrary axis ([2 2 1]).
    • Approximated interlayer grating coupling efficiency as the product of top- and bottom-grating diffraction efficiencies (DEs).

    Main Results:

    • Bottom-grating DEs decreased by approximately 25% upon rotation about the z-axis (±0.1 rad).
    • DEs slightly increased (5%-10%) when rotated about the x-axis (±0.1 rad).
    • Rotation about the arbitrary axis [2 2 1] resulted in asymmetric DE changes (100% decrease at -0.1 rad, 67% decrease at +0.1 rad).

    Conclusions:

    • The 3D-RCWA and RCWA-EIS methods provide a computationally efficient and numerically stable approach for analyzing interlayer waveguide gratings.
    • The simulation results accurately predict trends observed in 3D finite-difference time-domain simulations.
    • The presented procedure is directly applicable to the design and analysis of grating coupling for optical interconnects.