Waveguide sub‐wavelength structures: a review of principles and applications

R Halir, PJ Bock, P Cheben… - Laser & Photonics …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Periodic structures with a sub‐wavelength pitch have been known since Hertz conducted his
first experiments on the polarization of electromagnetic waves. While the use of these …

Broadband polarization independent nanophotonic coupler for silicon waveguides with ultra-high efficiency

P Cheben, JH Schmid, S Wang, DX Xu, M Vachon… - Optics express, 2015 - opg.optica.org
Coupling of light to and from integrated optical circuits has been recognized as a major
practical challenge since the early years of photonics. The coupling is particularly difficult for …

Design and fabrication of SOI micro-ring resonators based on sub-wavelength grating waveguides

V Donzella, A Sherwali, J Flueckiger, SM Grist… - Optics express, 2015 - opg.optica.org
Standard silicon photonic strip waveguides offer a high intrinsic refractive index contrast; this
permits strong light confinement, leading to compact bends, which in turn facilitates the …

An O-band metamaterial converter interfacing standard optical fibers to silicon nanophotonic waveguides

T Barwicz, A Janta-Polczynski, M Khater… - Optical Fiber …, 2015 - opg.optica.org
An O-band Metamaterial Converter Interfacing Standard Optical Fibers to Silicon
Nanophotonic Waveguides Page 1 Th3F.3.pdf OFC 2015 © OSA 2015 An O-band …

Novel spot-size converter for optical fiber to sub-μm silicon waveguide coupling with low loss, low wavelength dependence and high tolerance to alignment

MJ Picard, Y Painchaud, C Latrasse… - 2015 European …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Novel spot-size converter for optical fiber to sub-μm silicon waveguide coupling
with low loss, low wavelength depend Page 1 Novel Spot-Size Converter for Optical Fiber to …

Simulations of waveguide Bragg grating filters based on subwavelength grating waveguide

J Čtyroký, P Kwiecien, J Wang, I Richter… - … Optics: Physics and …, 2015 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Subwavelength grating waveguides represent a flexible and perspective alternative to
standard silicon-on-insulator nanophotonic waveguides. In such structures, waves …

Subwavelength transportation of light with atomic resonances

ST Chui, S Du, GB Jo - Physical Review A, 2015 - APS
We propose and investigate a type of optical waveguide made by an array of atoms without
involving conventional Bragg scattering or total internal reflection. A finite chain of atoms …

Rcwa/arcwa-an efficient and diligent workhorse for nanophotonic/nanoplasmonic simulations-can it work even better?

P Kwiecien, I Richter, J Čtyroký - 2015 17th International …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this contribution, fundamentals of both periodic rigorous coupled wave analysis (RCWA)
technique as well as aperiodic (aRCWA) techniques will be reviewed, starting with standard …

Fiber-chip edge coupler with large mode size for silicon photonic wire waveguides

M Papes, P Cheben, NY Winnie… - … Optics: Physics and …, 2015 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Fiber-chip edge couplers are extensively used in integrated optics as one of the key
structures for coupling of light between planar waveguide circuits and optical fibers. In this …

High-efficiency fully etched fiber-chip grating couplers with subwavelength structures for datacom and telecom applications

D Benedikovic, P Cheben, JH Schmid… - … Optics: Physics and …, 2015 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Surface grating couplers are key components to couple light between planar waveguide
circuits in silicon-on-insulator (SOI) platform and optical fibers. Here, we demonstrate by …