Techniques used to assist phase matching of second‐order nonlinearities in semiconductor
waveguides are reviewed. The salient points of each method are highlighted, with their …

We design, fabricate, and test a novel transverse-electric/transverse-magnetic (TE/TM)
polarization beam splitter which is based on the dependence of birefringence on rib width in …

The Bragg reflection waveguide (BRW), or one-dimensional photonic crystal waveguide,
has recently been proposed for a wide spectrum of applications ranging from particle …

A novel design to achieve phase matching between modes of a vertical distributed Bragg
reflector waveguide and those of a conventional total internal reflection waveguide is …

We demonstrated the design of two different structures, a two-sided structure and a top-
surface structure, of glucose waveguide Bragg grating (WBG) sensors in a single-mode …

Adiabatic following has been an widely-employed technique for achieving near-complete
population transfer in a 'two-level'quantum mechanical system. The theoretical basis …

In this paper, we introduce and analyze a novel wave-guide design to provide phase
matching for nonlinear optical processes. Phase matching is achieved by designing the …

Recent advancements in phase-matching second-order nonlinear processes by using
matching-layer-enhanced Bragg reflection waveguides (ML-BRWs) in Al x Ga 1-x As …

Resonant coupling to a gap plasmon-polariton supported by a metal-dielectric nanoscale
multilayer on top of a silicon guiding core is proposed for polarization control in silicon-on …

We present analytical formulae for the polarization dependent first-and second-order
dispersion of a quarter-wave Bragg reflection waveguide (QtW-BRW). Using these formulae …