Free-spectral-range-free microring-based coupling modulator with integrated contra-directional-couplers

A Mistry, M Hammood, H Shoman, S Lin… - … and Materials XVII, 2020 - spiedigitallibrary.org
In this work, we experimentally demonstrate a FSR-free, MRR-based, coupling modulator
that integrates a bent, grating-based contra-directional-coupler (contra-DC) into a microring …

Simultaneous mode and polarization conversions via periodic grating engraved on strip waveguide

EA Elzahaby, AMRF Elbab… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
A converter that manipulates the energy exchange between two arbitrary guided modes
having different mode orders and polarization states is proposed. This objective is achieved …

Polarization Rotator on Silicon Strip Waveguide using Tilted Bragg Grating

EA Elzahaby, AMRF Elbab… - 2021 IEEE Photonics …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose a polarization rotator using partially-etched tilted Bragg grating on a strip
waveguide. Our structure features a compact device footprint of 25.2μm with insertion loss …

Silicon-on-insulator, free-spectral-range-free devices for wavelength-division multiplexing applications

A Mistry - 2020 - open.library.ubc.ca
Abstract Silicon-on-insulator (SOI) microring resonator (MRR)-based modulators and filters
have been researched extensively for use in wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) …