scholarly journals Ultra-narrow, highly efficient power splitters and waveguides that exploit the TE01 Mie-resonant bandgap

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (21) ◽  
pp. 32951
Author(s):  
Kiyanoush Goudarzi
Nanomaterials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 1304
Author(s):  
Raquel Fernández de Cabo ◽  
David González-Andrade ◽  
Pavel Cheben ◽  
Aitor V. Velasco

Efficient power splitting is a fundamental functionality in silicon photonic integrated circuits, but state-of-the-art power-division architectures are hampered by limited operational bandwidth, high sensitivity to fabrication errors or large footprints. In particular, traditional Y-junction power splitters suffer from fundamental mode losses due to limited fabrication resolution near the junction tip. In order to circumvent this limitation, we propose a new type of high-performance Y-junction power splitter that incorporates subwavelength metamaterials. Full three-dimensional simulations show a fundamental mode excess loss below 0.1 dB in an ultra-broad bandwidth of 300 nm (1400–1700 nm) when optimized for a fabrication resolution of 50 nm, and under 0.3 dB in a 350 nm extended bandwidth (1350–1700 nm) for a 100 nm resolution. Moreover, analysis of fabrication tolerances shows robust operation for the fundamental mode to etching errors up to ± 20 nm. A proof-of-concept device provides an initial validation of its operation principle, showing experimental excess losses lower than 0.2 dB in a 195 nm bandwidth for the best-case resolution scenario (i.e., 50 nm).


2019 ◽  
Vol 90 (1) ◽  
pp. 015004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jitao Zhang ◽  
Weiwei Zhu ◽  
D. A. Filippov ◽  
Wei He ◽  
Dongyu Chen ◽  
...  

2015 ◽  
Vol 192 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bahman Zohuri ◽  
Patrick J. McDaniel ◽  
Cassiano R. R. De Oliveira

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (9) ◽  
pp. 096103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yun Ling ◽  
Dong-Xiao Yan ◽  
Peng-Fei Wang ◽  
Mao Wang ◽  
Qi Wen ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralf Siemieniec ◽  
René Mente ◽  
Matteo Kutschak ◽  
Francesco Pulsinelli

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