Optically transparent polymer waveguides are employed for interfacing silicon photonics
devices to fibers. The highly confined optical mode in the nanophotonic silicon waveguide is …

Interfacing standard optical fibers with high index-contrast photonic waveguides remains a
substantial challenge restricting the cost-efficiency and scalability of silicon photonic …

We demonstrate adiabatically tapered fibers terminating in sub-micron tips that are clad with
a higher-index material for coupling to an on-chip waveguide. This cladding enables …

Silicon photonics can enable optical circuits of unprecedented complexity and cost
efficiency. It employs lithography to effectively pre-assemble optical devices on wafers …

A scalable and tolerant optical interfacing method based on flip-chip bonding is developed
for silicon photonics packaging. Bidirectional optical couplers between multiple silicon-on …

To satisfy the intra-and inter-system bandwidth requirements of future data centers and high-
performance computers, low-cost low-power high-throughput optical interconnects will …

Over the last 20 years, silicon photonics has revolutionized the field of integrated optics,
providing a novel and powerful platform to build mass-producible optical circuits. One of the …

The high cost and low scalability of interfacing standard optical fibers to nanophotonic
waveguides hinder the deployment of silicon photonics. We propose a mechanically …

We demonstrate coupling from tapered optical fibers to 450 nm by 250 nm silicon strip
waveguides using compact cantilever couplers. The couplers consist of silicon inverse width …

Integrated optical circuits are poised to open up an array of novel applications. A vibrant field
of research has emerged around the monolithic integration of optical components onto the …