In the last decade, silicon photonic switches are increasingly believed to be potential
candidates for replacing the electrical switches in the applications of telecommunication …

Phased array radars have remarkable advantages over radars with single-element antenna
in terms of agility, flexibility, robustness, and reconfigurability. Current pure-electronic …

This article reviews mechanically-tunable photonic devices with on-chip integrated
MEMS/NEMS actuators. With related reports mostly published within the last decade, this …

A novel concept of on-chip Fourier transform spectrometer is proposed. It consists of
semiconductor waveguide directional couplers and NEMS actuators. The optical path …

In this study, we propose a mechanism for tuning the modal characteristics of a wedge
plasmonic waveguide. The wedge plasmonic waveguide is composed of a thin metallic …

We propose and numerically investigate the modal characteristics of tunable horizontal
hybrid gap plasmonic (HGP) waveguides at the optical communication wavelength of 1.55 …

We propose a novel way of mechanical perturbation of photonic crystal cavities for on-chip
applications. We utilize the equivalence of the 2D photonic crystals with perfect electric …

In this paper, a spring system symmetrically arranged around a circular plate compliant to
out-of-plane oscillation is proposed. The spring system consists of single serpentine springs …

Silicon photonics is a disruptive technology that is poised to revolutionize number of
application areas such as data centres, high performance computing and sensing. The key …

A matrix-type silicon photonic waveguide switch using adiabatic couplers with lateral comb-
drive actuators is studied. One of the waveguides of the coupler is moved laterally by three …