Optical sensors are widely used in the biomedical, chemical and food industries. They
provide high sensitivity to changes in the refractive index of the environment due to a …

Standard silicon photonic strip waveguides offer a high intrinsic refractive index contrast; this
permits strong light confinement, leading to compact bends, which in turn facilitates the …

Several applications in modern photonics require compact on-chip optical filters with a
tailored spectral response. However, achieving subnanometric bandwidths and high …

This work presents simulation and experimental results of ultra-thin optical ring resonators,
having larger Evanescent Field (EF) penetration depths, and therefore larger sensitivities, as …

Cavity QED, wherein a quantum emitter is coupled to electromagnetic cavity modes, is a
powerful platform for implementing quantum sensors, memories, and networks. However …

In this paper we demonstrate silicon on insulator (SOI) sub-wavelength grating (SWG)
optical components for integrated optics and sensing. Light propagation in SWG devices is …

We propose a series of integrated Bragg grating filters with performance enhancement via
the concept of effective medium. The bandstop filters are built in a high-resistivity silicon …

Bragg reflectors (BRFs) are essential elements in optical telecommunication and sensing
applications. Their miniaturization down to the sub-micron scale has been achieved in …

Optomechanical transduction is demonstrated for nanoscale torsional resonators
evanescently coupled to optical microdisk whispering gallery mode resonators. The on-chip …

An ultra-high sensitivity double-slot hybrid plasmonic (DSHP) ring resonator, used for optical
sensors and modulators, is developed. Due to high index contrast, as well as plasmonic …