Deep neural network inverse design of integrated photonic power splitters

MH Tahersima, K Kojima, T Koike-Akino, D Jha… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Predicting physical response of an artificially structured material is of particular interest for
scientific and engineering applications. Here we use deep learning to predict optical …

Optical-analog-to-digital conversion based on successive-like approximations in octagonal-shape photonic crystal ring resonators

A Tavousi, MA Mansouri-Birjandi - Superlattices and Microstructures, 2018 - Elsevier
Implementing intensity-dependent Kerr-like nonlinearity in octagonal-shape photonic crystal
ring resonators (OSPCRRs), a new class of optical analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) with …

Advanced progress on χ (3) nonlinearity in chip-scale photonic platforms

Z Kang, C Mei, L Zhang, Z Zhang… - Progress In …, 2021 - nrl.northumbria.ac.uk
χ (3) nonlinearity enables ultrafast femtosecond scale light-to-light coupling and
manipulation of intensity, phase, and frequency. χ (3) nonlinear functionality in micro-and …

Deep neural networks for inverse design of nanophotonic devices

K Kojima, MH Tahersima, T Koike-Akino… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Deep learning is now playing a major role in designing photonic devices, including
nanostructured photonics. In this article, we investigate three models for designing …

3-Port beam splitter of arbitrary power ratio enabled by deep learning on a multimode waveguide

Z Deng, Z Dang, T Chen, Z Ding, Z Zhang - Optics & Laser Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
A 3-port beam splitter with arbitrary power ratio is developed on a multimode waveguide by
effectively manipulating the multimode interference through 4 locally placed microheaters …

All-optical analog comparator

P Li, X Yi, X Liu, D Zhao, Y Zhao, Y Wang - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
An analog comparator is one of the core units in all-optical analog-to-digital conversion (AO-
ADC) systems, which digitizes different amplitude levels into two levels of logical '1'or '0'by …

Broadband 1× 3 couplers with variable splitting ratio using cascaded step-size MMI

Y Tian, J Qiu, M Yu, Z Huang, Y Qiao… - IEEE Photonics …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we propose and fabricated a novel scheme of SOI-based 1× 3 coupler with
variable splitting ratio. The coupler consists of two cascaded MMI with different sizes, and a …

CMOS-compatible high-index doped silica waveguide with an embedded silicon-nanocrystal strip for all-optical analog-to-digital conversion

Y Li, K Zhu, Z Kang, WL Ho, R Davidson, C Lu… - Photonics …, 2019 - opg.optica.org
Passive all-optical signal processors that overcome the electronic bottleneck can potentially
be the enabling components for the next-generation high-speed and lower power …

Experimental demonstration of an optical quantizer with ENOB of 3.31 bit by using a cascaded step-size MMI

C Liu, J Qiu, Y Tian, R Tao, Y Liu, Y He, B Zhang… - Optics …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
We experimentally demonstrated an optical phase shifted quantizer using a cascade step-
size MMI (CS-MMI), which was fabricated on a commercially available 220-nm SOI platform …

On-chip integratable all-optical quantizer using strong cross-phase modulation in a silicon-organic hybrid slot waveguide

Z Kang, J Yuan, X Zhang, X Sang, K Wang, Q Wu… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
High performance all-optical quantizer based on silicon waveguide is believed to have
significant applications in photonic integratable optical communication links, optical …