Silicon integrated nanophotonic devices for on-chip multi-mode interconnects

H Xu, D Dai, Y Shi - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Mode-division multiplexing (MDM) technology has drawn tremendous attention for its ability
to expand the link capacity within a single-wavelength carrier, paving the way for large-scale …

Silicon photonics for high-capacity data communications

Y Shi, Y Zhang, Y Wan, Y Yu, Y Zhang, X Hu… - Photonics …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
In recent years, optical modulators, photodetectors,(de) multiplexers, and heterogeneously
integrated lasers based on silicon optical platforms have been verified. The performance of …

Integrated structured light manipulation

J Wang, K Li, Z Quan - Photonics Insights, 2024 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Structured light, also known as tailored light, shaped light, sculpted light, or custom light,
refers to a series of special light beams with spatially variant amplitudes and phases …

Mode division multiplexing: from photonic integration to optical fiber transmission

J Du, W Shen, J Liu, Y Chen, X Chen, Z He - Chinese Optics Letters, 2021 - opg.optica.org
To overcome the capacity crunch of optical communications based on the traditional single-
mode fiber (SMF), different modes in a few-mode fiber (FMF) can be employed for mode …

On-chip mode-selective manipulation based on the modal-field redistribution assisted with subwavelength grating structures

X Yi, C Li, W Zhao, L Zhang, Y Shi, D Dai - Nanophotonics, 2023 - degruyter.com
Efficient mode-selective manipulation in multimode photonics has drawn much attention as
a key technology for realizing scalable and flexible mode-division multiplexing (MDM) …

Experimental demonstration of a broadband mode converter and multiplexer based on subwavelength grating waveguides

D González-Andrade, A Dias… - Optics & Laser …, 2020 - Elsevier
Mode-division multiplexing is a promising solution to enhance the capacity of current
photonic integrated circuits and thereby meet the growing demands of telecom and datacom …

Broadband polarization/mode insensitive 3-dB optical coupler for silicon photonic switches

H Xu, G Zhang, KHR Mojaver… - Optics Express, 2023 - opg.optica.org
In this work, we experimentally demonstrate a four-mode polarization/mode insensitive 3-dB
coupler based on an adiabatic coupler. The proposed design works for the first two …

Germanium photodetector with distributed absorption regions

D Zhou, G Chen, S Fu, Y Zuo, Y Yu - Optics Express, 2020 - opg.optica.org
The bandwidth and saturation power of germanium photodetectors are two crucial
parameters for implementing analog and microwave photonics circuits. In conventional …

Polygon search algorithm for ultra-compact multifunctional integrated photonics design

T Du, Z Peng, P Huang, Z Zhang, H Ma, X Jiang… - Photonics …, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Ultra-compact multifunctional integrated photonic modules have great practical significance
to photonic integrated circuits (PICs). However, the design effect and efficiency of the …

On-chip reconfigurable and ultracompact silicon waveguide mode converters based on nonvolatile optical phase change materials

Y Fei, Y Xu, D Huang, Y Dong, B Zhang, Y Ni, PKA Wai - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Reconfigurable mode converters are essential components in efficient higher-order mode
sources for on-chip multimode applications. We propose an on-chip reconfigurable silicon …