Silicon has been the material of choice of the photonics industry over the last decade due to
its easy integration with silicon electronics, high index contrast, small footprint, and low cost …

Silicon photonics has gained great success mainly due to the promise of realizing compact
devices in high volume through the low-cost foundry model. It is burgeoning from laboratory …

In wavelength division multiplexing schemes, splitters must be used to combine and
separate different wavelengths. Conventional splitters are fairly large with footprints in …

Multimode interference (MMI)-based power splitters are fundamental building blocks for
integrated photonic devices consisting of an interferometer structure. In order to forestall the …

Featured Application The CORNERSTONE silicon photonics rapid prototyping service can
be used by academic and industry researchers alike. The platform targets those who require …

The 2-μm wave band is emerging as a promising spectral window for optical
communications and gas sensing. With the increasing demand for components at this …

As a promising spectral window for optical communication and sensing, it is of great
significance to realize on-chip devices at the 2 µm waveband. The development of the 2 µm …

A silicon-based on-chip add-drop optical filter is realized for the wavelength-band of 2 μm by
integrating a multimode waveguide grating (MWG) and a pair of two-channel mode (de) …

This paper describes the inverse design of the particle swarm optimization algorithm
combined with the three-dimensional finite-difference time-domain simulation to design a …

The 3 dB power splitters are fundamental building blocks for integrated photonic devices. As
data capacity requirements continue to rise, there is a growing interest in integrated devices …