Open-access silicon photonics: Current status and emerging initiatives

A Rahim, T Spuesens, R Baets… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Silicon photonics is widely acknowledged as a game-changing technology, driven by the
needs of datacom and telecom. Silicon photonics builds on highly capital-intensive …

High-performance 90 hybrid based on a silicon-on-insulator multimode interference coupler

R Halir, G Roelkens, A Ortega-Moñux… - Optics letters, 2011 - opg.optica.org
We propose a multimode interference coupler (MMI) design for high-index-contrast
technologies based on a shallowly etched multimode region, which is, for the first time to our …

Novel Optical 90 Hybrid Consisting of a Paired Interference Based 24 MMI Coupler, a Phase Shifter and a 22 MMI Coupler

SH Jeong, K Morito - Journal of lightwave technology, 2010 - opg.optica.org
We propose a novel optical 90 ^∘ hybrid consisting of a paired-interference based 2 \,*\, 4
multimode interference (MMI) coupler, a phase shifter and a 2 \,*\, 2 MMI coupler. We …

Coherent few mode demultiplexer realized as a 2D grating coupler array in silicon

T Watanabe, BI Bitachon, Y Fedoryshyn, B Baeuerle… - Optics …, 2020 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate an on-chip coherent mode scrambling demultiplexer for polarization
multiplexed few mode signals. The device has been fabricated in the standard silicon-on …

Electro-optic phase chaos systems with an internal variable and a digital key

RM Nguimdo, P Colet - Optics express, 2012 - opg.optica.org
We consider an electro-optic phase chaos system with two feedback loops organized in a
parallel configuration such that the dynamics of one of the loops remains internal. We show …

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 …

Role of the phase in the identification of delay time in semiconductor lasers with optical feedback

RM Nguimdo, MC Soriano, P Colet - Optics letters, 2011 - opg.optica.org
We consider a semiconductor laser with external optical feedback operating at a regime for
which the delay time signature is extremely difficult to identify from the analysis of the …

Ultra-compact optical 90° hybrid based on a wedge-shaped 2× 4 MMI coupler and a 2× 2 MMI coupler in silicon-on-insulator

W Yang, M Yin, Y Li, X Wang, Z Wang - Optics express, 2013 - opg.optica.org
We propose an ultra-compact optical 90° hybrid with the smallest length of 107μm,
consisting of a wedge-shaped 2× 4 MMI coupler connected with a 2× 2 MMI coupler using …

[HTML][HTML] Adiabatic mode converters for silicon photonics: Power and polarization broadband manipulators

A Melikyan, P Dong - APL Photonics, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Broadband, low-loss, and fabrication-tolerant photonic passives are of paramount
importance in any photonic integrated circuit (PIC). Among others, the adiabatic couplers …

Compact optical 90 hybrid employing a tapered 2× 4 MMI coupler serially connected by a 2× 2 MMI coupler

SH Jeong, K Morito - Optics express, 2010 - opg.optica.org
We propose a novel optical 90° hybrid employing a paired-interference-based tapered 2× 4
multimode interference coupler and a 2× 2 multimode interference coupler. It was …