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González-Andrade, David (author), Le Roux, Xavier (author), Aubin, Guy (author), Amar, Farah (author), Nguyen, Thi Hao Nhi (author), Nuño Ruano, Paula (author), Dinh, Thi Thuy Duong (author), Oser, D.J.H. (author), Pérez-Galacho, Diego (author)On-chip spatial and polarization multiplexing has emerged as a powerful strategy to boost the data transmission capacity of integrated optical transceivers. State-of-the-art multiplexers require accurate control of the relative phase or the spatial distribution among different guided optical modes, seriously compromising the optical...journal article 2023
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Dutta, S. (author), Hueting, Raymond J.E. (author), Verbiest, G.J. (author)We report an avalanche-mode light-emitting transistor (AMLET) in silicon (Si), based on a lateral bipolar junction, which emits light near 760 nm optical wavelength with a record low bandwidth of 38 nm. The AMLET, designed in a CMOS-compatible silicon-on-insulator (SOI) photonics platform, is optically confined within a 0.21 ∼\μ m thick SOI...journal article 2022
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Xin, Yu (author), Pandraud, G. (author), French, P.J. (author)In this Letter, a slope transfer method to fabricate vertical waveguide couplers is proposed. This method utilises wet etched Si as a mask, and takes advantage of dry etching selectivity between Si and SiC, to successfully transfer the profile from the Si master into SiC. By adopting this method, a <2° slope is achieved. Such a taper can...journal article 2019
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Westerveld, W.J. (author)We demonstrated that photonic micro-ring resonators can be used in micro-machined ultrasound microphones. This might cause a breakthrough in array transducers for ultrasonography; first because optical multiplexing allows array interrogation via one optical fiber and second because the silicon-on-insulator technology allows cost-effective...doctoral thesis 2014
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Westerveld, W.J. (author), Pozo, J. (author), Leinders, S.M. (author), Yousefi, M. (author), Urbach, H.P. (author)We investigate directional couplers in silicon-on-insulator photonic technology. We theoretically and experimentally demonstrate a large coupling-induced phase delay that occurs when nearly all light is coupled from one waveguide to the other, i.e., when the coupler operates as a cross-coupler. We show that even a tiny asymmetry in the two...journal article 2013
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Westerveld, W.J. (author), Leinders, S.M. (author), Van Dongen, K.W.A. (author), Urbach, H.P. (author), Yousefi, M. (author)Marcatili's famous approximate analytical description of light propagating through rectangular dielectric waveguides, published in 1969, gives accurate results for low-index-contrast waveguides. However, photonic integrated circuit technology has advanced to high-index-contrast (HIC) waveguides. In this paper, we improve Marcatili's model by...journal article 2012
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Westerveld, W.J. (author), Urbach, H.P. (author), Yousefi, M. (author)We present an accurate and fast 3D simulation scheme for out-of-plane grating couplers, based on two dimensional rigorous (finite difference time domain) grating simulations, the effective index method (EIM), and the Rayleigh-Sommerfeld diffraction formula. In comparison with full 3D FDTD simulations, the rms difference in electric field is...journal article 2011
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Testa, G. (author), Huang, Y. (author), Sarro, P.M. (author), Zeni, L. (author), Bernini, R. (author)The feasibility of an integrated silicon optofluidic ring resonator is demonstrated. Liquid core antiresonant reflecting optical waveguides are used to realize a rectangular ring resonator with a multimode interference liquid core coupler between the ring and the bus waveguide. In this configuration the same waveguide used to confine the light...journal article 2010