All-optical switching using nonlinear subwavelength Mach-Zehnder on silicon

I Glesk, PJ Bock, P Cheben, JH Schmid, J Lapointe… - Optics express, 2011 - opg.optica.org
We report on the experimental demonstration of ultrafast all-optical switching and
wavelength down-conversion based on a novel nonlinear Mach-Zehnder interferometer with …

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 …

High-performance multimode interference coupler in silicon waveguides with subwavelength structures

A Ortega-Monux, L Zavargo-Peche… - IEEE Photonics …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The performance of multimode interference (MMI) couplers in silicon waveguides is limited
by the high lateral refractive index contrast. Here we propose the use of subwavelength …

[HTML][HTML] Metamaterial-engineered silicon beam splitter fabricated with deep UV immersion lithography

V Vakarin, D Melati, TTD Dinh, X Le Roux, WKK Kan… - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Subwavelength grating (SWG) metamaterials have garnered a great interest for their
singular capability to shape the material properties and the propagation of light, allowing the …

Dispersion control of silicon nanophotonic waveguides using sub-wavelength grating metamaterials in near-and mid-IR wavelengths

D Benedikovic, M Berciano, C Alonso-Ramos… - Optics express, 2017 - opg.optica.org
Controlling the group velocity dispersion of silicon nanophotonic waveguides has been
recognized as a key ingredient to enhance the development of various on-chip optical …

Refractive index engineering with subwavelength gratings in silicon microphotonic waveguides

JH Schmid, P Cheben, PJ Bock, R Halir… - IEEE Photonics …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this review, we summarize and discuss our recent studies of subwavelength grating
(SWG) structures for engineering the refractive index of silicon microphotonic waveguides …

Edge couplers with relaxed alignment tolerance for pick-and-place hybrid integration of III–V lasers with SOI waveguides

S Romero-Garcia, B Marzban, F Merget… - IEEE Journal of …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We report on two edge-coupling and power splitting devices for hybrid integration of III-V
lasers with sub-micrometric silicon-on-insulator waveguides. The proposed devices relax …

Contradirectional couplers in silicon-on-insulator rib waveguides

W Shi, X Wang, W Zhang, L Chrostowski, NAF Jaeger - Optics letters, 2011 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate contradirectional couplers in silicon-on-insulator rib waveguides using a
CMOS compatible technology, in which a periodic dielectric perturbation is introduced in the …

On-chip Fourier-transform spectrometers and machine learning: a new route to smart photonic sensors

A Herrero-Bermello, J Li, M Khazaei, Y Grinberg… - Optics Letters, 2019 - opg.optica.org
Miniaturized silicon photonics spectrometers capable of detecting specific absorption
features have great potential for mass market applications in medicine, environmental …

[HTML][HTML] Ultracompact and high efficient silicon-based polarization splitter-rotator using a partially-etched subwavelength grating coupler

Y Xu, J Xiao - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
On-chip polarization manipulation is pivotal for silicon-on-insulator material platform to
realize polarization-transparent circuits and polarization-division-multiplexing transmissions …