Silicon photonics is an enabling technology that provides integrated photonic devices and
systems with low-cost mass manufacturing capability. It has attracted increasing attention in …

Electro-optic modulators are key elements in high-speed optical telecommunication links
and preferably rely on materials with a linear electro-optic effect. Choosing adequate …

Optical communication systems, operating in C-band, are reaching their theoretically
achievable capacity limits. An attractive and economically viable solution to satisfy the future …

We present a plasmonic platform featuring efficient, broadband metallic fiber-to-chip
couplers that directly interface plasmonic slot waveguides, such as compact and high-speed …

Resonant and non-resonant modulator configurations are compared for operation with the
lowest drive voltage. The ring-assisted Mach-Zehnder modulator is shown to offer a steep …

Metallic Grating Couplers – Broadband and Efficient Page 1 Metallic Grating Couplers –
Broadband and Efficient Andreas Messner, Pascal A. Jud, Joel Winiger, Marco Eppenberger …