Silicon photonics has experienced phenomenal transformations over the last decade. In this
paper, we present some of the notable advances in silicon-based passive and active optical …

Silicon‐based technologies provide an ideal platform for the monolithic integration of
photonics and microelectronics. In this context, a variety of passive and active silicon …

Photonic integrated circuits (PICs) based on lithographically patterned waveguides provide
a scalable approach for manipulating photonic bits, enabling seminal demonstrations of a …

Photonic crystal nanocavities that simultaneously possess small modal volumes and high
quality (Q) factors have opened up novel research areas in photonics during this decade …

We present the design and characterization of waveguide grating devices that couple visible-
wavelength light at λ= 674 nm from single-mode, high index-contrast dielectric waveguides …

Compact power splitters designed ab initio using binary particle swarm optimization in a 2D
mesh for a standard foundry silicon photonic platform are studied. Designs with a 4.8 μm× …

High quality factor (High-Q) and transmission optical devices are required for various
applications in the fields of physics and engineering. Critical for these applications is the …

Progress on the fabrication of ultrahigh-Q photonic-crystal nanocavities (PhC-NCs) has
revealed the prospect for new applications including silicon Raman lasers that require a …

A multilayer structure consisting of a magnetophotonic crystal with a rare-earth iron garnet
microresonator layer and plasmonic grating deposited on it was fabricated and studied in …

The coupling intensity modulator based on a triple-microring structure was proposed and
numerically investigated for a high speed and a low bit error ratio (BER) operation. The …