Silicon integrated nanophotonic devices for on-chip multi-mode interconnects

H Xu, D Dai, Y Shi - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Mode-division multiplexing (MDM) technology has drawn tremendous attention for its ability
to expand the link capacity within a single-wavelength carrier, paving the way for large-scale …

Silicon photonic devices for scalable quantum information applications

L Feng, M Zhang, J Wang, X Zhou, X Qiang… - Photonics …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
With high integration density and excellent optical properties, silicon photonics is becoming
a promising platform for complete integration and large-scale optical quantum information …

Ultra-broadband mode size converter using on-chip metamaterial-based Luneburg lens

Y Zhang, Y He, H Wang, L Sun, Y Su - ACS Photonics, 2020 - ACS Publications
A Luneburg lens with a gradient index distribution is an aberration-free and coma-free
spherical lens. It has wide applications ranging from invisibility cloaks, illusion optics, and …

Hamiltonian hopping for efficient chiral mode switching in encircling exceptional points

A Li, J Dong, J Wang, Z Cheng, JS Ho, D Zhang… - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
Dynamically encircling exceptional points (EPs) can lead to chiral mode switching as the
system parameters are varied along a path that encircles EP. However, conventional …

Self-configuring and reconfigurable silicon photonic signal processor

H Zhou, Y Zhao, X Wang, D Gao, J Dong… - Acs Photonics, 2020 - ACS Publications
Photonic signal processing is essential in the optical communication and optical computing.
Numerous photonic signal processors have been proposed, but most of them exhibit limited …

Efficient mode transfer on a compact silicon chip by encircling moving exceptional points

Q Liu, S Li, B Wang, S Ke, C Qin, K Wang, W Liu… - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
Exceptional points (EPs) are branch point singularities of self-intersecting Riemann sheets,
and they can be observed in a non-Hermitian system with complex eigenvalues. It has been …

Silicon multimode waveguide crossing based on anisotropic subwavelength gratings

W Zhao, X Yi, Y Peng, L Zhang… - Laser & Photonics …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Multimode waveguide crossings (MWCs) are becoming more and more important as one of
the key elements for on‐chip optical routing and cross‐connection. However, it is still very …

State-of-the-art and perspectives on silicon waveguide crossings: A review

S Wu, X Mu, L Cheng, S Mao, HY Fu - Micromachines, 2020 - mdpi.com
In the past few decades, silicon photonics has witnessed a ramp-up of investment in both
research and industry. As a basic building block, silicon waveguide crossing is inevitable for …

Subwavelength structured silicon waveguides and photonic devices

L Sun, Y Zhang, Y He, H Wang, Y Su - Nanophotonics, 2020 - degruyter.com
Subwavelength structures such as subwavelength gratings (SWGs) and subwavelength
metamaterials are capable of tailoring the optical properties of materials and controlling the …

Ultra-compact mode-division multiplexed photonic integrated circuit for dual polarizations

Y Liu, Z Wang, Y Liu, X Wang, X Guo… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Polarization and mode division multiplexing are powerful tools for large-capacity parallel
optical communications. Dual-polarization and mode-division multiplexed silicon photonic …