Ultra-compact multimode waveguide bend with shallowly etched grooves

S Gao, H Wang, XI Yi, C Qiu - Optics Express, 2021 - opg.optica.org
In this work, an ultra-sharp multimode waveguide bend (MWB) based on gradient shallowly
etched grooves is proposed and demonstrated. With a bending radius of only 5.6 μm, our …

Ultra‐sharp multimode waveguide bends with subwavelength gratings

H Wu, C Li, L Song, HK Tsang… - Laser & Photonics …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Mode‐division multiplexing (MDM) is attractive to enhance the link capacity of optical
interconnects by using multiple mode‐channels in multimode bus waveguides. As sharp …

Ultra-sharp multimode waveguide bends with dual polarizations

Y Wang, D Dai - Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2020 - opg.optica.org
A silicon-based on-chip ultra-sharp multimode waveguide bend (MWB) is proposed to work
for dual polarizations by introducing modified Euler-curves and shallowly-etched non …

Multimode silicon photonic waveguide corner-bend

Y Wang, D Dai - Optics Express, 2020 - opg.optica.org
An ultra-sharp multimode waveguide bend (MWB) based on a multimode waveguide corner-
bend (MWCB) is proposed and realized. With the present MWCB, total internal reflection …

CMOS-compatible ultra-compact silicon multimode waveguide bend based on inverse design method

S Yang, H Jia, J Niu, X Fu, L Yang - Optics Communications, 2022 - Elsevier
Waveguide bend is one of the indispensable fundamental devices in building various
integrated optical circuits. It is commonly used so that its footprints would affect the …

Compact and broadband multimode waveguide bend by shape-optimizing with transformation optics

S Li, L Cai, D Gao, J Dong, J Hou, C Yang… - Photonics …, 2020 - opg.optica.org
Multimode waveguide bend is one of the key components for realizing high-density mode-
division multiplexing systems on chip. However, the reported multimode waveguide bends …

Ultra-sharp silicon multimode waveguide bends based on double free-form curves

S Sun, Z Yang, J Wang, R Zhang, F Zhang… - Photonics …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Mode-division multiplexing (MDM) can greatly improve the capacity of information
transmission. The multimode waveguide bend (MWB) with small size and high performance …

Low-loss and low-crosstalk multimode waveguide bend on silicon

X Jiang, H Wu, D Dai - Optics express, 2018 - opg.optica.org
A low-loss and low-crosstalk multimode waveguide bend is proposed and demonstrated for
mode-division-multiplexed optical interconnects. The proposed 90°-bend is composed of …

Inverse design of multimode silicon waveguide bends by topology optimization

R Cheng, J Li - Journal of Nanophotonics, 2022 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Compact, multimode, silicon waveguide bends are essential building blocks for high-
density, integrated-optics, mode-division-multiplexing (MDM) circuits. However, sharp …

Ultra-compact multimode waveguide bend with optimized dual Bezier contours

W Li, J Chen, M Zhu, D Dai, Y Shi - IEEE Photonics Technology …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Mode-division multiplexing (MDM) is an effective solution to extend the capacity of optical
communication system. Multimode waveguide bend (MWB), one of the key components, is …