Björn Maes

Tunable optical forces between nanophotonic waveguides (2009)

Roels, Joris, De Vlaminck, Iwijn, Lagae, Liesbet, Maes, Björn, Van Thourhout, Dries, Baets, Roel

The confinement of light in components with nanoscale cross-sections in nanophotonic circuits significantly enhances the magnitude of the optical forces experienced by these components(1,2). Here we...

Tristable all-optical flip-flop using coupled nonlinear cavities (2008)

Huybrechts, Koen, Maes, Björn, Morthier, Geert, Baets, Roel

We demonstrate symmetry breaking in a multistable system composed of three coupled nonlinear cavities. Using positive pulses it is possible to switch between the asymmetric states, thus resulting in...

Modeling comparison of second-harmonic generation in high-index-contrast devices (2008)

Maes, Björn, Bienstman, Peter, Baets, Roel, Hu, Bobo, Sewell, Phillip, Benson, Trevor

In this paper we model second-harmonic generation in a microphotonic structure using two different numerical methods. The proposed two-dimensional waveguide device is challenging as it incorporates a...