Multimode silicon photonics is attracting more and more attention because the introduction
of higher-order modes makes it possible to increase the channel number for data …

Silicon photonics has attracted tremendous interest from academia and industry, as the
fabrication of the silicon family of photonic devices is mostly compatible with the …

The use of optical interconnects has burgeoned as a promising technology that can address
the limits of data transfer for future high-performance silicon chips. Recent pushes to …

Quantum networks provide the framework for quantum communication, clock
synchronization, distributed quantum computing, and sensing. Implementing large-scale …

In recent years, optical modulators, photodetectors,(de) multiplexers, and heterogeneously
integrated lasers based on silicon optical platforms have been verified. The performance of …

On-chip mode-manipulation is one of the most important physical fundamentals for many
photonic integrated devices and circuits. In the past years, great progresses have been …

dB couplers, which are commonly used in photonic integrated circuits for on-chip information
processing, precision measurement, and quantum computing, face challenges in achieving …

Photonic bound states in the continuum (BICs) have been exploited in various systems and
found numerous applications. Here, we investigate high-order BICs and apply BICs on an …

In this work, mode conversion and wavefront shaping by integrating a metallic metasurface
on top of a planar waveguide are proposed and demonstrated. The metasurface consists of …

Dynamically encircling exceptional points (EPs) can lead to chiral mode switching as the
system parameters are varied along a path that encircles EP. However, conventional …