Silicon nitride waveguide devices based on gradient-index lenses implemented by subwavelength silicon grating metamaterials

SH Badri, MM Gilarlue - Applied Optics, 2020 - opg.optica.org
The rapid development of photonic integrated circuits demands the design of efficient and
compact waveguide devices such as waveguide tapers and crossings. Some components in …

Inverse-designed low-loss and wideband polarization-insensitive silicon waveguide crossing

Z Yu, A Feng, X Xi, X Sun - Optics Letters, 2019 - opg.optica.org
Waveguide crossings are an essential component for constructing complex and functional
on-chip photonic networks. Polarization-insensitive waveguide crossings are desired …

Focusing a second-order cylindrical vector beam with a gradient index mikaelian lens

SS Stafeev, ES Kozlova, AG Nalimov - Computer Optics, 2020 - ui.adsabs.harvard.edu
In this paper, we numerically simulate the focusing of a second-order cylindrical vector beam
with a gradient index Mikaelian lens. It is shown that the lens forms a region of the reverse …

Ultra-thin silicon-on-insulator waveguide bend based on truncated Eaton lens implemented by varying the guiding layer thickness

SH Badri, MM Gilarlue, SG Gavgani - Photonics and Nanostructures …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Silicon-on-insulator (SOI) waveguides with different geometries have been
employed to design various integrated optical components. Reducing the bending radius of …

Elliptical generalized Maxwell fish-eye lens using conformal mapping

H Eskandari, MS Majedi, AR Attari… - New Journal of …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
A circular graded index lens is conformally transformed to an elliptical shape using a closed-
form transformation. The proposed transformation is then employed to compress a Maxwell …

Multilayered Maxwell's fisheye lens as waveguide crossing

MM Gilarlue, J Nourinia, C Ghobadi, SH Badri… - Optics …, 2019 - Elsevier
The Maxwell's fisheye (MFE) lens, due to its focusing properties, is an interesting candidate
for implementing the crossing of multiple waveguides. The MFE lens is implemented by two …

Controlling refractive index of transformation-optics devices via optical path rescaling

H Eskandari, T Tyc - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
We present a general method of designing optical devices based on optical conformal
mapping and rescaling the optical path along a given bunch of rays. It provides devices with …

Coupling between silicon waveguide and metal-dielectric-metal plasmonic waveguide with lens-funnel structure

SH Badri, MM Gilarlue - Plasmonics, 2020 - Springer
Various photonic integrated components have been implemented by ultra-thin silicon-on-
insulator (SOI) waveguides; therefore, it is desirable to couple ultra-thin SOI waveguides to …

Multimode waveguide crossing based on a square Maxwell's fisheye lens

SH Badri, H Rasooli Saghai, H Soofi - Applied Optics, 2019 - opg.optica.org
Mode-division multiplexing (MDM) is an emerging large-capacity data communication
technology utilizing orthogonal guiding modes as independent data streams. One of the …

Ultrashort waveguide tapers based on Luneburg lens

SH Badri, MM Gilarlue - Journal of Optics, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
In integrated photonic circuits, silicon-on-insulator waveguides with different geometries
have been employed to realize a variety of components. Therefore, efficient coupling of two …