Subwavelength grating metamaterial multimode bend for silicon waveguides

KK MacKay, S Wang, P Cheben… - Advanced Materials …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper, a novel multimode waveguide implemented on a silicon‐on‐insulator (SOI)
platform that supports several transverse (TE)/transverse magnetic (TM) modes across a …

Zero-birefringence silicon waveguides based on tilted subwavelength metamaterials

A Herrero-Bermello, JM Luque-Gonzàlez… - IEEE Photonics …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Polarization independent silicon-on-insulator nanowires are highly sought after, due the
inherent high birefringence of this material platform. State-of-the-art designs of non …

Subwavelength-grating metamaterial structures for silicon photonic devices

R Halir, A Ortega-Moñux, D Benedikovic… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Segmenting silicon waveguides at the subwavelength scale produce an equivalent
homogenous material. The geometry of the waveguide segments provides precise control …

[HTML][HTML] Polarization insensitive metamaterial engineered multimode interference coupler in a 220 nm silicon-on-insulator platform

C Pérez-Armenta, A Ortega-Moñux… - Optics & Laser …, 2023 - Elsevier
High-index contrast silicon waveguides exhibit strong birefringence that hinders the
development of polarization-insensitive devices, especially for sub-micrometer silicon layer …

Bricked subwavelength gratings: a tailorable on‐chip metamaterial topology

JM Luque‐González, A Ortega‐Moñux… - Laser & Photonics …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Integrated metamaterials are redefining the capabilities of silicon photonic chips. In
providing lithographic control over dielectric permittivity, dispersion and anisotropy, they are …

An ultracompact GRIN‐lens‐based spot size converter using subwavelength grating metamaterials

JM Luque‐González, R Halir… - Laser & Photonics …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Graded‐index materials offer virtually complete control over light propagation in integrated
photonic chips but can be challenging to implement. Here, an anisotropic graded‐index …

[HTML][HTML] Temperature-insensitive and low-loss single-mode silicon waveguide crossing covering all optical communication bands enabled by curved anisotropic …

J Zhang, L Xu, D Mao, Y D'Mello, Z Wei, W Li… - …, 2023 - degruyter.com
We propose two designs of low-loss and temperature-insensitive single-mode waveguide
crossing on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) platform with 415-nm operation bandwidth covering all …

Subwavelength-engineered metamaterial devices for integrated photonics

AS Postigo, P Ginel-Moreno… - Smart Photonic and …, 2022 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Subwavelength grating metamaterials have become an integral design tool in silicon
photonics. The lithographic segmentation of integrated waveguides at the subwavelength …

Perfectly vertical surface grating couplers using subwavelength engineering for increased feature sizes

MK Dezfouli, Y Grinberg, D Melati, P Cheben… - Optics Letters, 2020 - opg.optica.org
We present perfectly vertical grating couplers for the 220 nm silicon-on-insulator platform
incorporating subwavelength metamaterials to increase the minimum feature sizes and …

Subwavelength grating metamaterial waveguides and ring resonators on a silicon nitride platform

CM Naraine, JN Westwood‐Bachman… - Laser & Photonics …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Subwavelength grating (SWG) metamaterial waveguides and ring resonators on a silicon
nitride platform are proposed and demonstrated. The SWG waveguide is engineered such …