Integrated photonic passive building blocks on silicon-on-insulator platform

F Amanti, G Andrini, F Armani, F Barbato, V Bellani… - Photonics, 2024‏ - mdpi.com
Integrated photonics on Silicon-On-Insulator (SOI) substrates is a well developed research
field that has already significantly impacted various fields, such as quantum computing …

Compact, scalable, fast‐response multimode 2× 2 optical switch based on inverse design

S Sun, W Tong, E Yang, B Wu, R Zhang… - Laser & Photonics …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Mode‐division multiplexing (MDM) introduces a new dimension to on‐chip optical
interconnection, where the multimode optical switch is one of the core components …

Low-loss and broadband polarization-insensitive high-order mode pass filter based on photonic crystal and tapered coupler

J Lin, P Wang, Q Fu, W Chen, S Dai, D Kong, H Chen… - Optics Letters, 2023‏ - opg.optica.org
In this Letter, a polarization-insensitive high-order mode pass filter is presented, designed,
and experimentally demonstrated. When TE_0, TM_0, TE_1, and TM_1 modes are injected …

Large‐Scale High‐Density Multimode Optical Switch Matrix

S Sun, W Tong, Q Wang, S Jiang, B Wu… - Laser & Photonics …, 2025‏ - Wiley Online Library
Optical switching technology is emerging as a solution to the limitations of traditional
electronic switching. Combining optical switching with mode‐division multiplexing effectively …

Ultra-compact and broadband polarization-insensitive mode-order converting power splitter

H Chen, R Yao, P Wang, Q Fu, W Chen, S Dai… - Chinese Optics …, 2024‏ - opg.optica.org
A polarization-insensitive mode-order converting power splitter using a pixelated region is
presented and investigated in this paper. As TE_0 and TM_0 modes are injected into the …

Ultra-Compact Multimode Waveguide Routings Based on the Free-Form Curves

S Sun, W Tong, B Wu, W Zhang, N Zhu… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2024‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the growing demand for high-capacity optical communication, mode-division
multiplexing (MDM) technology has emerged as a promising solution. Multimode waveguide …

Broadband and low-loss power splitter with polarization manipulation using subwavelength gratings

M Lu, Z Guo, C Deng, X Hu, M Chen - Journal of the Optical Society …, 2024‏ - opg.optica.org
A broadband and low-loss power splitter with polarization manipulation using
subwavelength gratings (SWGs) is proposed and analyzed, where SWGs are embedded in …

Manufacturing 2× 2 channel multi-mode interference-Mach-Zehnder interferometer polymer thermal-optical switch based on femtosecond laser

Q Tao, CC Wu, XL Wang, YL Song… - Optical …, 2024‏ - spiedigitallibrary.org
We designed and fabricated a 2× 2 channel multi-mode interference-Mach-Zehnder
interferometer polymer thermo-optic switch. The thermo-optic switch comprises a …

Broadband Graded Index 3dB Adiabatic Coupler for Photonic Integrated Circuits

N Afsary, MK Alam, ZT Nijhum, MR Ali… - … on Power, Electrical …, 2024‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this study, we present a novel graded index (GI) 3dB adiabatic directional coupler utilizing
polymer material. Our design prioritizes both fabrication flexibility and superior performance …

Proposal of Dual-Mode Adiabatic 3-dB Coupler via Shortcuts to Adiabaticity at Wavelength 2.1 µm

T Muratsubaki, T Fujisawa, T Sato… - 2023 IEEE Photonics …, 2023‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Dual-mode adiabatic 3-dB coupler is proposed for wavelength 2.1 µm. Reduction of the
device length is achieved by shortcuts to adiabaticity. The proposed device provides low …