Miniaturization of laser doppler vibrometers—a review

Y Li, E Dieussaert, R Baets - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Laser Doppler vibrometry (LDV) is a non-contact vibration measurement technique based
on the Doppler effect of the reflected laser beam. Thanks to its feature of high resolution and …

C-Band optical 90-degree hybrid using thin film lithium niobate

H Tan, J Wang, W Ke, X Zhang, Z Zhao, Z Lin, X Cai - Optics Letters, 2023 - opg.optica.org
The integrated optical 90-degree hybrid is a crucial component for coherent receivers. Here,
we simulate and fabricate a 4?×? 4 multimode interference coupler as a 90-degree hybrid …

A Semi-Analytical Method for the S-Parameter Calculations of an N × M Multimode Interference Coupler

D Moskalev, A Kozlov, U Salgaeva, V Krishtop… - Photonics, 2023 - mdpi.com
A semi-analytical method for the S-parameter calculations of an N× M multimode
interference coupler (MMI coupler) is presented. The proposed semi-analytical method is …

High-performance thin-film lithium niobate optical 90° hybrid with a novel CMRR assessment method

L Song, W Liu, Z Guo, S Zhao, H Li, D Dai… - Optics & Laser …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Ultra-Compact 90° Hybrid Design The optical 90° hybrid uses a 4× 4 MMI coupler
with an ultra-compact footprint of~ 9 μm× 107 μm, which is 3 times shorter than previous …

Hybrid neural network-powered inverse design for implementing a highly efficient multimode interference coupler

M Luo, C Wang, SS Lee - Optics Express, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Multimode interference couplers have been increasingly utilized in a variety of photonic
scenarios. However, manually designing a coupler with sufficiently high coupling efficiency …

Compact optical 90° hybrid based on a wedge-shaped 2× 4 MMI coupler and a 2× 2 MMI coupler on a thin-film lithium niobate platform

Y Chen, X Xie, Y Sun, W Pan, L Yan - Optics Letters, 2024 - opg.optica.org
We performed an experimental demonstration of a wedge-shaped optical 90° hybrid coupler
on the thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) platform, utilizing a paired-interference-based 2?×? 4 …

Three-dimensional broadband 90° optical hybrid with low crosstalk and phase error processed via femtosecond laser direct writing

X Li, Z Cao, Z Niu, S Wang, H Chen, Z Jiang… - Optics …, 2025 - Elsevier
The 90° optical hybrid is a key component for decoding phase information, and its
performance is limited by the crosstalk of crossed waveguide and bandwidth. We proposed …

Broadband free space 2× 4 90° optical hybrid for satellite laser communication

L Xu, J Sun, Q Xu, H Cong, W Ren, L Zhang, Y Jiang… - Applied Optics, 2023 - opg.optica.org
We design a broadband free space 2× 4 90° optical hybrid over a spectral window of 1000–
1200 nm and 1470–1650 nm and verify the feasibility of the scheme experimentally. The …

Mixers

X Ke - Handbook of Optical Wireless Communication, 2024 - Springer
Mixer is an indispensable component in electronic communication system, and it is the
frontend circuit of heterodyne receiver and microwave measuring instrument, which is used …

Compact and low-loss 90-deg optical hybrid based on silicon-on-insulator 2× 2 multimode interference couplers

CD Truong, CN Le, DH Ta, HDN Thi… - Optical …, 2020 - spiedigitallibrary.org
We design an ultracompact, broadband, and low-loss 90-deg optical hybrid coupler using a
silicon-on-insulator (SOI) material platform for coherent receivers in optical communication …