Silicon photonics has experienced phenomenal transformations over the last decade. In this
paper, we present some of the notable advances in silicon-based passive and active optical …

Micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS)-based cross-connects are widely used for all-
optical switching in recent optical networks. This paper provides a brief overview of various …

A broadband, low-loss and polarization-insensitive 3 dB optical power splitter based on
adiabatic tapered silicon waveguides is proposed and investigated. 3D-FDTD simulation …

We demonstrated 2× 2 broadband adiabatic 3-dB couplers based on silicon rib waveguides.
Functioning as 50/50 optical power splitters, these devices can be used in optoelectronic …

We demonstrate a compact high-performance adiabatic 3-dB coupler for the silicon-on-
insulator platform. The refractive index of the gap region between two coupling waveguides …

We demonstrate adiabatic couplers (ADCs) with design-intended splitting ratios (SRs) for
the silicon-on-insulator (SOI) platform. The operational principle, numerical simulations, and …

We design and experimentally demonstrate an ultra-broadband and compact two-mode
multiplexer based on subwavelength-grating-slot-assisted adiabatic coupler for the silicon …

We demonstrate a polarization-independent mode-evolution-based coupler for the silicon-
on-insulator platform. The measured coupler has negligible insertion loss over a bandwidth …

An array of passive silicon-on-insulator optical devices is laid out in repeating patterns on
four foundry-fabricated wafers. The physical and optical characterization of these microrings …

We propose a novel broadband coupler for silicon photonics using a hybrid plasmonic
waveguide section. The hybrid plasmonic waveguide is used to create an asymmetric …