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 …

Silicon photonics for high-capacity data communications

Y Shi, Y Zhang, Y Wan, Y Yu, Y Zhang, X Hu… - Photonics …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
In recent years, optical modulators, photodetectors,(de) multiplexers, and heterogeneously
integrated lasers based on silicon optical platforms have been verified. The performance of …

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 …

Ultra-compact bent multimode silicon waveguide with ultralow inter-mode crosstalk

C Sun, Y Yu, G Chen, X Zhang - Optics letters, 2017 - opg.optica.org
We propose and experimentally demonstrate a sharply bent multimode silicon waveguide
by introducing a pair of mode converters. The principle of the multimode bend is based on …

Ultra‐sharp multi‐mode waveguide bending assisted with metamaterial‐based mode converters

H Xu, Y Shi - Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
On‐chip multi‐mode communication has attracted much attention for its potential to greatly
expand the bandwidth of data transmission. However, the application of multi‐mode …

Ultra-broadband multimode 3dB optical power splitter using an adiabatic coupler and a Y-branch

L Han, BPP Kuo, N Alic, S Radic - Optics Express, 2018 - opg.optica.org
As an essential component of mode division multiplexing (MDM) system, a multimode 3dB
power splitter with low loss, high power balance, and low mode crosstalk is highly desired …

Silicon chip-scale space-division multiplexing: from devices to system

Y Yu, C Sun, X Zhang - Science China Information Sciences, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Space-division multiplexing (SDM) technique has attracted increasing attentions
recently, because it provides an effective way to increase transmission capacity. With the …

Thermally-reconfigurable silicon photonic devices and circuits

Y Xie, Y Shi, L Liu, J Wang, R Priti… - IEEE Journal of …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Reconfigurable photonic integrated devices and circuits are very important for many
applications. Among various mechanisms for realizing reconfigurability, thermo-optic effect …

Mode division multiplexing: from photonic integration to optical fiber transmission

J Du, W Shen, J Liu, Y Chen, X Chen, Z He - Chinese Optics Letters, 2021 - opg.optica.org
To overcome the capacity crunch of optical communications based on the traditional single-
mode fiber (SMF), different modes in a few-mode fiber (FMF) can be employed for mode …

Ultra-compact waveguide crossing for a mode-division multiplexing optical network

C Sun, Y Yu, X Zhang - Optics letters, 2017 - opg.optica.org
We propose and experimentally demonstrate an ultra-compact multimode waveguide
crossing that can process two modes simultaneously. The symmetric Y-junction is …