Breaking the resolution-bandwidth limit of chip-scale spectrometry by harnessing a dispersion-engineered photonic molecule

H Xu, Y Qin, G Hu, HK Tsang - Light: Science & Applications, 2023 - nature.com
The chip-scale integration of optical spectrometers may offer new opportunities for in situ bio-
chemical analysis, remote sensing, and intelligent health care. The miniaturization of …

Silicon photonic microresonator-based high-resolution line-by-line pulse shaping

LM Cohen, K Wu, KV Myilswamy, S Fatema… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Optical pulse shaping stands as a formidable technique in ultrafast optics, radio-frequency
photonics, and quantum communications. While existing systems rely on bulk optics or …

2023 astrophotonics roadmap: pathways to realizing multi-functional integrated astrophotonic instruments

N Jovanovic, P Gatkine, N Anugu… - Journal of Physics …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Photonic technologies offer numerous functionalities that can be used to realize
astrophotonic instruments. The most spectacular example to date is the ESO Gravity …

High-performance, intelligent, on-chip speckle spectrometer using 2D silicon photonic disordered microring lattice

Z Lin, S Yu, Y Chen, W Cai, B Lin, J Song, M Mitchell… - Optica, 2023 - opg.optica.org
High-performance integrated spectrometers are highly desirable for applications ranging
from mobile phones to space probes. Based on silicon photonic integrated circuit …

Focal-plane wavefront sensing with photonic lanterns: theoretical framework

J Lin, MP Fitzgerald, Y Xin, O Guyon, S Leon-Saval… - JOSA B, 2022 - opg.optica.org
The photonic lantern (PL) is a tapered waveguide that can efficiently couple light into
multiple single-mode optical fibers. Such devices are currently being considered for a …

Compact ultrabroad-bandwidth cascaded arrayed waveguide gratings

A van Wijk, CR Doerr, Z Ali, M Karabiyik, BI Akca - Optics Express, 2020 - opg.optica.org
Here, we present a compact, high-resolution, and ultrabroad-bandwidth arrayed waveguide
grating (AWG) realized in a silicon nitride (Si_3N_4) platform. The AWG has a cascaded …

Efficient detection and characterization of exoplanets within the diffraction limit: nulling with a mode-selective photonic lantern

Y Xin, N Jovanovic, G Ruane, D Mawet… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Coronagraphs allow for faint off-axis exoplanets to be observed, but are limited to angular
separations greater than a few beam widths. Accessing closer-in separations would greatly …

Integrated scanning spectrometer with a tunable micro-ring resonator and an arrayed waveguide grating

Z Zhang, Y Wang, J Wang, D Yi, DWU Chan… - Photonics …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Integrated spectrometers with both wide optical bandwidths and high spectral resolutions
are required in applications such as spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD …

Silicon nitride polarization beam splitter based on polarization-independent MMIs and apodized Bragg gratings

J Zhan, J Brock, S Veilleux, M Dagenais - Optics Express, 2021 - opg.optica.org
We present the design and experimental results of a novel polarization beam splitter (PBS)
with a high polarization extinction ratio (PER) made on a Si_3N_4 platform. The PBS is …

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 …