Multimode silicon photonics

C Li, D Liu, D Dai - Nanophotonics, 2019 - degruyter.com
Multimode silicon photonics is attracting more and more attention because the introduction
of higher-order modes makes it possible to increase the channel number for data …

Integrated optical phased arrays for beam forming and steering

Y Guo, Y Guo, C Li, H Zhang, X Zhou, L Zhang - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Integrated optical phased arrays can be used for beam shaping and steering with a small
footprint, lightweight, high mechanical stability, low price, and high-yield, benefiting from the …

Silicon optical phased array with a 180-degree field of view for 2D optical beam steering

Y Liu, H Hu - Optica, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Optical phased arrays (OPAs), the optical counterpart of phased arrays at radio frequencies,
can electronically steer an optical beam without any moving parts. To achieve a 180° field of …

Sub-wavelength-pitch silicon-photonic optical phased array for large field-of-regard coherent optical beam steering

Y Zhang, YC Ling, K Zhang, C Gentry, D Sadighi… - Optics express, 2019 - opg.optica.org
This paper reports on large field-of-regard, high-efficiency, and large aperture active optical
phased arrays (OPAs) for optical beam steering in LIDAR systems. The fabricated 5 mm …

Controlling evanescent waves using silicon photonic all-dielectric metamaterials for dense integration

S Jahani, S Kim, J Atkinson, JC Wirth, F Kalhor… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Ultra-compact, densely integrated optical components manufactured on a CMOS-foundry
platform are highly desirable for optical information processing and electronic-photonic co …

Sparse aperiodic arrays for optical beam forming and LIDAR

T Komljenovic, R Helkey, L Coldren, JE Bowers - Optics express, 2017 - opg.optica.org
We analyze optical phased arrays with aperiodic pitch and element-to-element spacing
greater than one wavelength at channel counts exceeding hundreds of elements. We …

High-performance optical beam steering with nanophotonics

S Lin, Y Chen, ZJ Wong - Nanophotonics, 2022 - degruyter.com
The ability to control and steer optical beams is critical for emerging technologies. Among
these are light detection and ranging (LiDAR), laser display, free space communication, and …

Ultra‐sharp multimode waveguide bends with subwavelength gratings

H Wu, C Li, L Song, HK Tsang… - Laser & Photonics …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Mode‐division multiplexing (MDM) is attractive to enhance the link capacity of optical
interconnects by using multiple mode‐channels in multimode bus waveguides. As sharp …

Exceptional coupling in photonic anisotropic metamaterials for extremely low waveguide crosstalk

MB Mia, SZ Ahmed, I Ahmed, YJ Lee, M Qi, S Kim - Optica, 2020 - opg.optica.org
Electromagnetic coupling is ubiquitous in photonic systems and transfers optical signals
from one device to the other, creating crosstalk between devices. While this allows the …

Silicon integrated nanophotonic devices for on-chip multi-mode interconnects

H Xu, D Dai, Y Shi - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Mode-division multiplexing (MDM) technology has drawn tremendous attention for its ability
to expand the link capacity within a single-wavelength carrier, paving the way for large-scale …