Robust optical delay lines with topological protection

M Hafezi, EA Demler, MD Lukin, JM Taylor - Nature Physics, 2011 - nature.com
Phenomena associated with the topological properties of physical systems can be naturally
robust against perturbations. This robustness is exemplified by quantized conductance and …

Ultracompact optical buffers on a silicon chip

F Xia, L Sekaric, Y Vlasov - Nature photonics, 2007 - nature.com
On-chip optical buffers based on waveguide delay lines might have significant implications
for the development of optical interconnects in computer systems. Silicon-on-insulator (SOI) …

Thermal and Kerr nonlinear properties of plasma-deposited silicon nitride/silicon dioxide waveguides

K Ikeda, RE Saperstein, N Alic, Y Fainman - Optics express, 2008 - opg.optica.org
We introduce and present experimental evaluations of loss and nonlinear optical response
in a waveguide and an optical resonator, both implemented with a silicon nitride/silicon …

Polarization-transparent microphotonic devices in the strong confinement limit

T Barwicz, MR Watts, MA Popović, PT Rakich… - Nature …, 2007 - nature.com
Microphotonic structures that strongly confine light, such as photonic crystals and micron-
sized resonators, have unique characteristics that could radically advance technology …

Ultra-compact high order ring resonator filters using submicron silicon photonic wires for on-chip optical interconnects

F Xia, M Rooks, L Sekaric, Y Vlasov - Optics express, 2007 - opg.optica.org
Ultra-compact 5^ th order ring resonator optical filters based on submicron silicon photonic
wires are demonstrated. Out-of-band rejection ratio of 40dB, 1dB flat-top pass band of …

Subnanometer linewidth uniformity in silicon nanophotonic waveguide devices using CMOS fabrication technology

SK Selvaraja, W Bogaerts, P Dumon… - IEEE Journal of …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We report subnanometer linewidth uniformity in silicon nanophotonics devices fabricated
using high-volume CMOS fabrication tools. We use wavelength-selective devices such as …

Silicon Photonic Filters: A Pathway from Basics to Applications

N Saha, G Brunetti, A di Toma… - Advanced Photonics …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Silicon photonics has found a profound place among emerging technologies in the past few
decades due to several advantages. Due to a series of breakthroughs and increased …

GHz-bandwidth optical filters based on high-order silicon ring resonators

P Dong, NN Feng, D Feng, W Qian, H Liang, DC Lee… - Optics express, 2010 - opg.optica.org
Previously demonstrated high-order silicon ring filters typically have bandwidths larger than
100 GHz. Here we demonstrate 1-2 GHz-bandwidth filters with very high extinction ratios …

Fabrication of photonic wire and crystal circuits in silicon-on-insulator using 193-nm optical lithography

SK Selvaraja, P Jaenen, W Bogaerts… - Journal of lightwave …, 2009 - opg.optica.org
High-index contrast silicon-on-insulator technology enables wavelength-scale compact
photonic circuits. We report fabrication of photonic circuits in silicon-on-insulator using …

Nanophotonic integration in state-of-the-art CMOS foundries

JS Orcutt, A Khilo, CW Holzwarth, MA Popović, H Li… - Optics express, 2011 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate a monolithic photonic integration platform that leverages the existing state-
of-the-art CMOS foundry infrastructure. In our approach, proven XeF_2 post-processing …