RT Conference Proceedings T1 High-performance surface grating couplers for fiber-chip and free-space coupling A1 Sánchez-Postigo, Alejandro A1 Barona-Ruiz, Miguel A1 Ginel-Moreno, Pablo A1 Schmid, Jens H. A1 Ortega-Moñux, Alejandro A1 Wanguemert-Pérez, Juan Gonzalo A1 Luque-González, José Manuel A1 Halir, Robert A1 Cheben, Pavel A1 Molina-Fernández, Íñigo K1 Fotónica K1 Antenas K1 Óptica integrada AB Surface grating couplers are key components in silicon photonics, as they act as efficient fiber-chip and free-space optical interfaces. Here we review some of our latest advances in these devices, including fiber-chip zero-order grating couplers achieving the highest coupling efficiency–bandwidth product reported to date, single-beam fiber-chip couplers with -0.2 dB coupling loss, single-beam optical antennas yielding nearly 100% directionality and ultra-fast beam steering, and apodized-imaging fiber-chip couplers that focus the radiated light at millimeter-scale distances above the chip surface. YR 2025 FD 2025 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/39223 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/39223 LA eng NO National Research Council Canada NO Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades NO Universidad de Málaga DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga RD 20 ene 2026