Figure 2
From: Monolithic beam steering in a mid-infrared, surface-emitting, photonic integrated circuit

Grating geometry and simulation. (a) Cross-sectional scanning electron microscope image of grating outcoupler covered by SiO2. (b) 2D FDTD simulation of the Poynting vector in the y-direction for guided light propagating though a 500 μm long grating outcoupler.