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We report the first demonstration of a 1555 nm stepped-height ridge waveguide polarization mode converter monolithically integrated with a side wall grating distributed-feedback (DFB) laser using the identical epitaxial layer scheme. The…

We present the design, fabrication and measured performance of a hierarchical sinuous-antenna phased array coupled to superconducting transition-edge-sensor (TES) bolometers for millimeter wavelengths. The architecture allows for…

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We propose and demonstrate a hybrid waveguide platform using layered amorphous silicon and silicon nitride. The waveguide offers more degrees of freedom to design waveguides with desired confinement, effective index and polarization…

Optics · Physics 2023-10-17 Rahul K Dash , Shankar Kumar Selvaraja

Phased arrays are vital in communication systems and have received significant interest in the field of optoelectronics and photonics, enabling a wide range of applications such as LiDAR, holography, wireless communication, etc. In this…

We demonstrate theoretically that robust mode-locking can be achieved on a semiconductor chip with a waveguide array architecture. The waveguide arrays are used as an ideal saturable absorption mechanism for initial noise start-up as well…

Optics · Physics 2014-05-08 Xiao Zhang , Matthew Williams , Steven T. Cundiff , J. Nathan Kutz

Techniques to mold the flow of light on subwavelength scales enable fundamentally new optical systems and device applications. The realization of programmable, active optical systems with fast, tunable components is among the outstanding…

In this paper, super-focusing using radiationless electromagnetic interference is extended to the visible regime. It is shown that the highest-order mode of a specifically designed metal-dielectric waveguide array can provide the rapidly…

Optics · Physics 2008-11-11 Reuven Gordon

We propose the use of silicon graphene waveguides to implement a tunable broadband microwave photonics phase shifte based on integrated ring cavities. Numerical computation results show the feasibility for broadband operation over 40 GHz…

Optics · Physics 2015-06-18 Jose Capmany , David Domenech , Pascual Muñoz

Grating lobes arise from the periodic nature of element spacing in the optical phased array. Essentially, the phased array performs the Spatial Fourier Transform on light; the steering capability of the main lobe is governed by phase shift…

Applied Physics · Physics 2024-02-20 Bowen Yu , Dachuan Wu , Yasha Yi

An efficient electro-optical modulation has been demonstrated here by using an edge plasmon mode specific for the hybrid plasmonic waveguide. Our approach addresses a major obstacle of the integrated microwave photonics caused by the…

It has recently been shown that silicon nanophotonic waveguides can be used to construct all of the components of a photonic data transmission system on a single chip. These components can be integrated together with CMOS electronics to…

In this paper, a two-dimensional cylindrical Lens antenna based on the parallel plate technique is designed. It supports beam-steering capability of 58 degree at 28 GHz. The antenna is composed of low loss rectangular waveguide antennas,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-03-28 Saeideh Shad , Shafaq Kausar , Hani Mehrpouyan

We present here a semiconductor injection laser operating in continuous wave with an emission covering more than one octave in frequency, and displaying homogeneous power distribution among the lasing modes. The gain medium is based on a…

Optics · Physics 2015-06-22 Markus Rösch , Giacomo Scalari , Mattias Beck , Jérôme Faist

Integrated silicon microwave photonics offers great potential in microwave phase shifter elements, and promises compact and scalable multi-element chips that are free from electromagnetic interference. Stimulated Brillouin scattering, which…

While functional materials with both light transmitting and electromagnetic shielding are highly desirable, only very few of them meet the stringent electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding criteria for optoelectronic systems. Here, a…

Whether it is for transmitting information or for controlling intensity, light modulation is among the essential functions commonly used in complex optical systems. In integrated optics, modulation principles usually include the use of…

Optics · Physics 2024-07-01 Enrico Casamenti , Tao Yang , Pieter Vlugter , Yves Bellouard

We demonstrate an optomechanical phase shifter. By electrostatically deflecting the nanofabricated mechanical structure, the effective index of a nearby waveguide is changed and the resulting phase shift is measured using an integrated…

Optics · Physics 2014-03-05 Menno Poot , Hong. X. Tang

The continuous push for high-performance photonic switches is one of the most crucial premises for the sustainable scaling of programmable and reconfigurable photonic circuits for a wide spectrum of applications. Conventional optical…

Optics · Physics 2024-12-12 Yinpeng Hu , Yi Sun , Ye Lu , Huan Li , Liu Liu , Yaocheng Shi , Daoxin Dai

Implantable silicon neural probes with integrated nanophotonic waveguides can deliver patterned dynamic illumination into brain tissue at depth. Here, we introduce neural probes with integrated optical phased arrays and demonstrate optical…

We propose a dipole-force linear waveguide which confines neutral atoms up to lambda/2 above a microfabricated single-mode dielectric optical guide. The optical guide carries far blue-detuned light in the horizontally-polarized TE mode and…

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