Low-loss ultracompact transverse-magnetic-pass polarizer with a silicon subwavelength grating waveguide

X Guan, P Chen, S Chen, P Xu, Y Shi, D Dai - Optics letters, 2014 - opg.optica.org
An ultracompact and low-loss TM-pass polarizer on silicon is proposed and demonstrated
experimentally with a subwavelength-grating (SWG) waveguide. The SWG waveguide is …

Polarization splitter and rotator with subwavelength grating for enhanced fabrication tolerance

Y Xiong, JG Wangüemert-Pérez, DX Xu, JH Schmid… - Optics letters, 2014 - opg.optica.org
We propose a novel method to implement a compact and fabrication-tolerant polarization
splitter and rotator (PSR) on the silicon–on–insulator platform. The PSR consists of a silicon …

Subwavelength grating filtering devices

J Wang, I Glesk, LR Chen - Optics express, 2014 - opg.optica.org
We propose and simulate the characteristics of optical filters based on subwavelength
gratings. In particular, we demonstrate through numerical simulations the feasibility of …

Focusing-curved subwavelength grating couplers for ultra-broadband silicon photonics optical interfaces

Q Zhong, V Veerasubramanian, Y Wang, W Shi… - Optics express, 2014 - opg.optica.org
We report on the design and characterization of focusing-curved subwavelength grating
couplers for ultra-broadband silicon photonics optical interfaces. With implementation of …

Improving the performance of silicon photonic rings, disks, and Bragg gratings for use in label-free biosensing

S Schmidt, J Flueckiger, WX Wu… - Biosensing and …, 2014 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Silicon photonics biosensors continue to be an area of active research, showing the
potential to revolutionize Labon-Chip applications ranging from environmental monitoring to …

Sub-wavelength grating components for integrated optics applications on SOI chips

V Donzella, A Sherwali, J Flueckiger, ST Fard… - Optics express, 2014 - opg.optica.org
In this paper we demonstrate silicon on insulator (SOI) sub-wavelength grating (SWG)
optical components for integrated optics and sensing. Light propagation in SWG devices is …

Ultra-low-loss CMOS-compatible waveguide crossing arrays based on multimode Bloch waves and imaginary coupling

Y Liu, JM Shainline, X Zeng, MA Popović - Optics letters, 2014 - opg.optica.org
We experimentally demonstrate broadband waveguide crossing arrays showing ultralow
loss of 0.0 4dB/crossing (0.9%) on average and converging to 0.033 dB/crossing (0.075%) …

Tilted MMI crossings based on silicon wire waveguide

SH Kim, G Cong, H Kawashima, T Hasama… - Optics …, 2014 - opg.optica.org
Waveguide crossings employing tilted MMI structures on silicon wire waveguide are
proposed and demonstrated. Intersecting angle of the two MMI waveguides is optimized for …

Spatial heterodyne Fourier-transform waveguide spectrometers

AV Velasco, P Cheben, M Florjańczyk, ML Calvo - Progress in Optics, 2014 - Elsevier
Overcoming current resolution limits of optical spectroscopy could revolutionize research in
diverse fields such as atomic and molecular spectroscopy, bio-chemistry, and astronomy. In …

Analysis of straight periodic segmented waveguide using the 2-D finite element method

CE Rubio-Mercedes… - Journal of lightwave …, 2014 - opg.optica.org
A numerical analysis of periodic segmented waveguides (PSWs) using the 2-D finite
element method (2D-FEM) in the frequency domain is presented. This method has …