Scaling capacity of fiber-optic transmission systems via silicon photonics

W Shi, Y Tian, A Gervais - Nanophotonics, 2020 - degruyter.com
The tremendous growth of data traffic has spurred a rapid evolution of optical
communications for a higher data transmission capacity. Next-generation fiber-optic …

Integrated optics: platforms and fabrication methods

MA Butt - Encyclopedia, 2023 - mdpi.com
Definition Integrated optics is a field of study and technology that focuses on the design,
fabrication, and application of optical devices and systems using integrated circuit …

Ultrawide-band low polarization sensitivity 3-µm SOI arrayed waveguide gratings

Y Wang, S Bhat, N Tessema, R Kraemer… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
An ultrawide-band (UWB), O-to L-band, polarization insensitive (PI) 1× 12 100 GHz channel
spacing arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) is designed and realized in 3-μm Silicon-on …

Polarization-insensitive hybrid plasmonic waveguide design for evanescent field absorption gas sensor

NL Kazanskiy, SN Khonina, MA Butt - Photonic Sensors, 2021 - Springer
We propose a polarization-insensitive design of a hybrid plasmonic waveguide (HPWG)
optimized at the 3.392 µm wavelength which corresponds to the absorption line of methane …

Broadband and CMOS-compatible polarization splitter and rotator built on a silicon nitride-on-silicon multilayer platform

L Wang, H Peng, L Zheng, H Chen, Y Zhang… - Applied Optics, 2023 - opg.optica.org
A broadband and CMOS-compatible polarization beam splitter and rotator (PSR) built on the
silicon nitride-on-silicon multilayer platform is presented. The PSR is realized by cascading …

Design and implementation of a Si3N4 three-stigmatic-point arrayed waveguide grating with a resolving power over 17,000

J Zhan, Y Zhang, WL Hsu, S Veilleux, M Dagenais - Optics Express, 2023 - opg.optica.org
To provide a solution to the issue of the non-flat focal surface in traditional Rowland AWGs,
we have designed and implemented a Si_3N_4 three-stigmatic-point arrayed waveguide …

Aluminum nitride out-of-plane piezoelectric MEMS actuators

AAS Rabih, M Kazemi, M Ménard, F Nabki - Micromachines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Integrating microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) actuators with low-loss suspended
silicon nitride waveguides enables the precise alignment of these waveguides to other …

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 …

Polarization-independent wavelength demultiplexer based on a single etched diffraction grating device

C Li, B Xiong, T Chu - Communications Engineering, 2023 - nature.com
Polarization-compatible receivers are indispensable in transceivers used for wavelength
division multiplexing optical communications, as light polarization is unpredictable after …

Silicon Nanocone Arrays via Pattern Transfer of Mushroomlike SiO2 Nanopillars for Broadband Antireflective Surfaces

Y Yamada, H Iizuka, N Mizoshita - ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2020 - ACS Publications
Broadband antireflection is crucial to improving the performance of various optical,
photofunctional, and optoelectronic devices. The present study demonstrates an …