Real photonic waveguides: guiding light through imperfections

D Melati, A Melloni, F Morichetti - Advances in Optics and Photonics, 2014 - opg.optica.org
Real photonic waveguides are affected by structural imperfections due to fabrication
tolerances that cause scattering phenomena when the light propagates through. These …

Scalable switched slab coupler based optical phased array on silicon nitride

P Muñoz, D Pastor, LA Bru… - IEEE Journal of …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A two-dimensional optical-phased array is demonstrated by using a multiple-input star
coupler, compatible with FMCW LiDAR. Previous approach using a single-input design …

A unified approach for radiative losses and backscattering in optical waveguides

D Melati, F Morichetti, A Melloni - Journal of Optics, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Sidewall roughness in optical waveguides represents a severe impairment for the proper
functionality of photonic integrated circuits. The interaction between the propagating mode …

Silicon Nitride (Si3N4) (De-)Multiplexers for 1-μm CWDM Optical Interconnects

SS Cheung, MRT Tan - Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2020 - opg.optica.org
We discuss the design and demonstration of 4-channel coarse wavelength-division (de-)
multiplexers based on cascaded Mach–Zehnder interferometer (MZI) lattice filters and …

Vertical and smooth single-step reactive ion etching process for InP membrane waveguides

Y Jiao, T de Vries, RS Unger, L Shen… - Journal of The …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper we present a novel single-step RIE process for InP membrane optical
waveguide etching. The optimization of the process is focused on the sidewall verticality and …

Deep UV lithography process in generic InP integration for arrayed waveguide gratings

J Bolk, H Ambrosius, R Stabile… - IEEE Photonics …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Low-excess-loss arrayed waveguide gratings are enabled by unique application of deep UV
lithography in InP integrated photonics through reduced feature sizes and, more specifically …

Reflective arrayed waveguide gratings based on Sagnac loop reflectors with custom spectral response

B Gargallo, P Munoz, R Baños, AL Giesecke… - Optics …, 2014 - opg.optica.org
In this paper, a model for the analysis and design of a reflective Arrayed Waveguide Grating
is presented. The device consists of one half of a regular AWG where each arm waveguide …

Crosstalk-mitigated AWGR-based two-dimensional IR beam-steered indoor optical wireless communication system with a high spatial resolution

X Zhang, C Li, Y Jiao, E Tangdiongga, Y Liu… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2019 - opg.optica.org
In this paper, a crosstalk-mitigated transmission scheme in arrayed waveguide grating router
(AWGR) based two dimensional infrared beam-steered optical wireless communication …

High-speed InP-integrated pre-amplified demodulator for WDM-DPSK signals

G Contestabile, P Velha… - IEEE Photonics …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A compact demodulator for wavelength division multiplexed (WDM)-differential phase shift
keying signals monolithically integrated in an InP platform with a semiconductor optical pre …

Wavelength filters

H Venghaus - Fibre optic communication: key devices, 2017 - Springer
The chapter reviews all relevant filters (to be) used in fibre optic communication and covers
generic filter structures including fibre coupler filters and Mach-Zehnder interferometers …