Recent advances in silicon waveguide devices using sub-wavelength gratings

R Halir, A Ortega-Monux, JH Schmid… - IEEE Journal of …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As most integrated optics platforms, silicon offers only a fixed set of material refractive
indices for designing devices. The ability of sub-wavelength patterned structures to …

Wavelength independent multimode interference coupler

A Maese-Novo, R Halir, S Romero-García… - Optics express, 2013 - opg.optica.org
We propose an ultra-broadband multimode interference (MMI) coupler with a wavelength
range exceeding the O, E, S, C, L and U optical communication bands. For the first time, the …

High-resolution Fourier-transform spectrometer chip with microphotonic silicon spiral waveguides

AV Velasco, P Cheben, PJ Bock, A Delâge… - Optics letters, 2013 - opg.optica.org
We report a stationary Fourier-transform spectrometer chip implemented in silicon
microphotonic waveguides. The device comprises an array of 32 Mach–Zehnder …

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 …

Colorless grating couplers realized by interleaving dispersion engineered subwavelength structures

X Xu, H Subbaraman, J Covey, D Kwong, A Hosseini… - Optics letters, 2013 - opg.optica.org
We investigate the waveguide dispersion of subwavelength structures, and propose that the
waveguide dispersion can be reduced by reducing the period of subwavelength structures …

Subwavelength grating Fourier‐transform interferometer array in silicon‐on‐insulator

PJ Bock, P Cheben, AV Velasco… - Laser & Photonics …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
A planar waveguide Fourier‐transform spectrometer with densely arrayed Mach‐Zehnder
interferometers is demonstrated. Subwavelength gratings are used to produce an optical …

An ultra‐compact multimode interference coupler with a subwavelength grating slot

A Ortega‐Moñux, C Alonso‐Ramos… - Laser & Photonics …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Multimode interference couplers (MMIs) are fundamental building blocks in photonic
integrated circuits. Here it is experimentally demonstrated, for the first time, a two‐fold length …

Advanced photonic and plasmonic waveguide nanostructures analyzed with Fourier modal methods

I Richter, P Kwiecien, J Ctyroký - 2013 15th International …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this contribution we present two recent advanced applications of our Fourier-based modal
methods, specifically an aperiodic rigorous coupled wave analysis and a special bi …

Analysis of couplers between photonic nanowires and subwavelength grating waveguides

J Ctyroký, P Kwiecien, I Richter… - … Optics: Physics and …, 2013 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Subwavelength grating (SWG) waveguides offer the freedom of (effective) refractive index
variation in the design of integrated optical components and devices in silicon-on-insulator …

[PDF][PDF] Investigation of 2D photonic crystals and their applications on terahertz quantum cascade lasers, optical trapping and sensing

Z Diao - 2013 - infoscience.epfl.ch
Two dimensional photonic crystals (PhC) consist of spatially periodic dielectric medium.
They allow optical control and manipulation of light propagation. Photonic crystals with …