Subwavelength gratings (SWG) are periodically segmented waveguides with a pitch small enough to suppress diffraction. These waveguides can be engineered to implement almost …
It is a remarkable and straightforward approach to customize the dispersion and nonlinear properties of the photonic devices without varying the composition of the material by …
Subwavelength grating (SWG) waveguides in silicon-on-insulator are emerging as an enabling technology for implementing compact, high-performance photonic integrated …
Silicon photonics has emerged as an intense field of research due to its unique capabilities to integrate photonics and electronics into the same platform using standard semiconductor …
Sub-wavelength gratings, segmented resonant-less structures with geometries featuring scales considerably smaller than the wavelength of light, have enabled an attractive …
We review recent advances in subwavelength and diffractive structures in planar waveguides. First, we present a new type of microphotonic waveguide, exploiting the …
Silicon photonics is one of the most promising candidates to achieve lab-on-a-chip systems. Making use of the evanescent-field sensing principle, it is possible to determine the …
In this review, we summarize and discuss our recent studies of subwavelength grating (SWG) structures for engineering the refractive index of silicon microphotonic waveguides …