Enhanced Q-factor and effective length silicon photonics filter utilizing nested ring resonators

MA Selim, M Anwar - Journal of Optics, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
In this study, we investigate a novel design of an on-chip nested coupled ring resonator to
enhance the quality factor and the effective length of the resonator. The configuration …

Tuning the optical constants of PVA based films for optoelectronic applications

M Elkattan, M Gad - Optics Communications, 2023 - Elsevier
Thin-film samples of polyvinyl alcohol, pure and mixed with polyvinylpyrrolidone, glycerin
and hydrofluoric acid are prepared. The transmittance and reflectance are measured in the …

Investigation of the Absorption Edge and the Optical Bandgap of PVA/PVP-based Thin Films

M Elkattan, M Gad - Journal of Electronic Materials, 2025 - Springer
The absorption edge, optical bandgaps, and optical losses of synthesized polyvinyl alcohol/
polyvinylpyrrolidone-based polymeric composite films have been studied. The films were …

A Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithm Approach for Silicon Photonics Design

H Mahrous, M Fedawy, M Abboud, A Shaker, W Fikry… - Photonics, 2024 - mdpi.com
A multi-objective genetic algorithm approach is formulated to optimize the design of silicon-
photonics complex circuits with contradicting performance metrics and no closed-form …

Matrix analysis for back reflection and mode conversion in silicon waveguide bend structure

RA Shalaby, YM Sabry, D Khalil - Optics Communications, 2023 - Elsevier
Waveguide bend structure is a main building block in many silicon photonic devices such as
in ring resonators, S-bend attenuators, arrayed waveguide filters and optical delay lines in …

Design of compact, high-speed and low-loss silicon-on-silica electro-optic modulators

H Mahrous, M Azmy, A Afifi… - Semiconductor …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Throughout a careful step-by-step study, two simple designs of electro-optic modulators are
proposed. The study shows the effect of dimensions and doping concentration on the …

[HTML][HTML] A High-Speed Silicon-Photonics WDM Switch for Optical Networks Applications

M Elkattan, M Gad - Photonics, 2024 - mdpi.com
This article introduces the design of a novel high-speed silicon-photonics hitless switch that
adheres to wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) standards for channel 3 dB bandwidth …

Modeling and characterization of deeply etched multilayer resonators under partial coherent excitation via multimode optical fibers

MA Selim, YM Sabry, F Marty, T Bourouina… - Journal of …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Recently, there has been a resurgence of interest in multimode optical fibers illuminated by
a white light source. Largely, in anticipation of many integrated applications in the …

Silicon photonic coupled-ring resonator in nested configuration comprising different length scales

RA Shalaby, G Adib, YM Sabry, M Gad… - … and Systems (ICCES), 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Silicon photonics is continuing to develop for an increasing number of applications including
data centers, miniaturized sensors and atomic clocks. The development involved the …

Optimizing the Design of a Silicon-Photonics Interleaver Circuit

H Mahrous, M Fedawy, M Abboud… - 2022 39th National …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this work, the genetic algorithm is applied to optimize the design of a silicon-photonics
based interleaver/deinterleaver circuit. The interleaver circuit is used to mix two data streams …