Iodine enhanced focused-ion-beam etching of silicon for photonic applications (2007)
Schrauwen, J, Van Thourhout, D, Baets, R
Focused-ion-beam etching of silicon enables fast and versatile fabrication of micro- and nanophotonic devices. However, large optical losses due to crystal damage and ion implantation make the...
Compact focusing grating couplers for silicon-on-insulator integrated circuits (2007)
Van Laere, F, Claes, T, Schrauwen, J, Scheerlinck, S, Bogaerts, W, Taillaert, D, ...
We report experimental results on compact and broadband focusing grating couplers, both in silicon-on-insulator (SOI) and gold on SOL An eight-fold length reduction of the coupling structure from...
Amplifying waveguide optical isolator with an integrated electromagnet (2007)
Van Parys, W, Van Thourhout, D, Baets, R, Dagens, B, Decobert, J, Le Gouezigou, O, ...
We have demonstrated an amplifying waveguide optical isolator with an integrated electromagnet. This provides a solution to the generally poor magnetic remanence of this type of isolator. The proof...
Low-loss, low-cross-talk crossings for silicon-on-insulator nanophotonic waveguides (2007)
Bogaerts, W, Dumon, P, Van Thourhout, D, Baets, R
We present compact crossings for silicon-on-insulator photonic wires. The waveguides are broadened using a 3 mu m parabolic taper in each arm. By locally applying a lower index contrast using a...
Brouckaert, J, Roelkens, G, Van Thourhout, D, Baets, R
We present measurement results of compact and efficient InAlAs-InGaAs metal-semiconductor-metal photodetectors integrated on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) waveguides. These thin-film devices are...
Silicon-on-insulator ultra-compact duplexer based on a diffractive grating structure (2007)
Roelkens, G, Van Thourhout, D, Baets, R
The use of a silicon-on-insulator diffractive grating structure is proposed to achieve ultra-compact duplexing operation. One-dimensional grating structures are proposed to spatially separate two...
Systematic simulation-based predictive synthesis of integrated optical interconnect (2007)
O'Connor, I, Tissafi-Drissi, F, Gaffiot, F, Dambre, J, De Wilde, M, Van Campenhout, J, ...
Integrated optical interconnect has been identified by the ITRS as a potential solution to overcome predicted interconnect limitations in future systems-on-chip. However, the multiphysics nature of...
Efficient, broadband and compact metal grating couplers for silicon-on-insulator waveguides (2007)
Scheerlinck, S, Schrauwen, J, Van Laere, F, Taillaert, D, Van Thourhout, D, Baets, R
Compact metal grating couplers for efficient and broadband coupling between optical fibers and silicon-on-insulator waveguides are proposed and demonstrated. Simulation results for silver, gold,...
III-V/Si photonics by die to wafer bonding (2007)
Roelkens, G, Van Campenhout, J, Brouckaert, J, Van Thourhout, D, Baets, R, Romeo, P, ...
Photonic integrated circuits offer the potential of realizing low-cost, compact optical functions. Silicon-on-insulator SDI is a promising material platform for this photonic integration, as one can...
Detection of nanomechanical motion by evanescent light wave coupling (2007)
De Vlaminck, I, Roels, J, Taillaert, D, Van Thourhout, D, Baets, R, Lagae, L, ...
The authors demonstrate a technique allowing sensitive nanomechanical motion detection based on the evanescent light wave coupling between two photonic nanowires. Any relative motion between the...
Roelkens, G, Van Thourhout, D, Baets, R
A high-efficiency waveguide-to-fiber grating coupler for silicon-on-insulator waveguides was designed. Perfectly vertical fiber coupling is achieved by using an asymmetric grating structure to...
Realization of a four-electrode liquid crystal device with full in-plane director rotation (2007)
Desimpel, C, Beeckman, J, Neyts, K, Verstuyft, S, Van Thourhout, D, D'have, K, ...
A liquid crystal device with micrometer-scale hexagonal electrodes has been fabricated and characterized. By using weak anchoring at the liquid crystal interfaces, the orientation of the director is...
Thermal characterization of electrically injected thin-film InGaAsP microdisk lasers on Si (2007)
Van Campenhout, J, Rojo-Romeo, P, Van Thourhout, D, Seassal, C, Regreny, P, Di Cioccio, L, ...
We have performed a numerical and experimental analysis of the thermal behavior of electrically injected microdisk lasers that are defined in an InGaAsP-based thin film bonded on top of a silicon...
Van Campenhout, J, Rojo-Romeo, P, Regreny, P, Seassal, C, Van Thourhout, D, Verstuyft, S, ...
A compact, electrically driven light source integrated on silicon is a key component for large-scale integration of electronic and photonic integrated circuits. Here we demonstrate electrically...
Study of a magnetooptic contact for an amplifying waveguide optical isolator (2007)
Van Parys, W, Vanwolleghem, M, Van Thourhout, D, Baets, R, Lelarge, F, Thedrez, B, ...
We report on the development of an ohmic metal-semiconductor contact for application in an amplifying wavegulde optical isolator. It is the result of magnetooptic waveguide simulations combined with...
Focused-ion-beam fabrication of slanted grating couplers in silicon-on-insulator waveguides (2007)
Schrauwen, J, Van Laere, F, Van Thourhout, D, Baets, R
We have designed and fabricated an efficient grating coupler for coupling light between optical fibers and silicon-on-insulator waveguides. The coupler consists of 88-nm-wide slits, etched at an...
Brouckaert, J, Bogaerts, W, Dumon, P, Van Thourhout, D, Baets, R
We show that a nanophotonic silicon-on-insulator (SOI) platform offers many advantages for the implementation of planar concave grating (PCG) demultiplexers, as compared with other material systems....
Thin-film III-V photodetectors integrated on silicon-on-insulator photonic ICs (2007)
Brouckaert, J, Roelkens, G, Van Thourhout, D, Baets, R
We critically assess recent progress in the integration of near-infrared photodetectors onto nanophotonic silicon-on-insulator (SOI) waveguide circuits. Integration of thin-film InGaAs photodetectors...
Photonic-crystal surface-emitting laser near 1.55 mu m on gold-coated silicon wafer (2007)
Vecchi, G, Raineri, F, Sagnes, I, Lee, K, Guilet, S, Le Gratiet, L, ...
An InP/InGaAs-based photonic band-edge laser bonded on silicon operating near 1.55 mu m is presented. A gold reflector positioned below the slab containing the active layer reduces the optical losses...
Compact slanted grating couplers between optical fiber and InP-InGaAsP waveguides (2007)
Van Laere, F, Kotlyar, M, Taillaert, D, Van Thourhout, D, Krauss, T, Baets, R
We present theoretical and experimental results for compact slanted gratings for vertical coupling between single-mode fiber and InP-InGaAsP waveguides. The maximum calculated coupling efficiency is...
Vecchi, G, Raineri, F, Sagnes, I, Lee, K, Guilet, S, Le Gratiet, L, ...
We report on reflection modulation results near 1.55 mu m in InP-based two-dimensional photonic crystals. The fabrication technology uses a polymeric bonding technique to integrate the InP thin-slab...
A polarization-diversity wavelength duplexer circuit in silicon-on-insulator photonic wires (2007)
Bogaerts, W, Taillaert, D, Dumon, P, Van Thourhout, D, Baets, R
We present a wavelength duplexer based on a compact arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) in silicon-on-insulator (SOI) photonic wire waveguides. Polarization insensitive operation is achieved through a...
Van Laere, F, Roelkens, G, Ayre, M, Schrauwen, J, Taillaert, D, Van Thourhout, D, ...
We present high-efficiency grating couplers for coupling between a single-mode fiber and nanophotonic waveguides, fabricated both in silicon-on-insulator (SOI) and InP membranes using...
Silicon nanophotonic wire structures fabricated by 193nm optical lithography (2007)
Selvaraja Shankar, K, Jaenen, P, Beckx, S, Bogaerts, W, Dumon, P, Van Thourhout, D, ...
We demonstrate the use of 193nm photolithography for fabricating nanophotonic waveguides on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technology. We present Fabrication and measurement result on wire based photonic...
Low loss amorphous silicon photonic wire and ring resonator fabricated by CMOS process (2007)
Selvaraja Shankar, K, Sleeckx, E, Bogaerts, W, Schaekers, M, Dumon, P, Van Thourhout, D, ...
We report low loss amorphous photonic wire loss of 3.54dB/cm. We also report compact racetrack ring resonators with Q factor greater than 20,000. The photonic circuit is fabricated with standard CMOS...
Polycrystalline silicon as waveguide material for advanced photonic (2007)
Selvaraja Shankar, K, Schaekers, M, Bogaerts, W, Van Thourhout, D, Baets, R
We report single mode polycrystalline-silicon on insulator photonic wire fabricated in a CMOS fabrication facility. The optical quality and the material aspects of the polycrystalline-silicon for...
Deposited silicon-on-insulator material technology for photonic integrated circuitry (2007)
Selvaraja Shankar, K, Van Thourhout, D, Baets, R, Sleeckx, E, Schaekers, M
Integration of a CMOS compatible electrically pumped InP based micro laser (poster) (2007)
Mandorlo, F, Rojo Romeo, P, Seassal, C, Letartre, X, Regreny , P, Fedeli, J, ...
Polarization diversity and wavelength monitoring in BCB-bonded InP-membranes (poster) (2007)
Van Laere, F, Stomeo, T, Ayre, M, Taillaert, D, Van Thourhout, D, Krauss, T
Transparent amplifying waveguide optical isolator (poster) (2007)
Van Parys, W, Van Thourhout, D, Baets, R, Dagens, B, Lagae, L
SOI photonic wire based components with compact and efficient fiber couplers (invited paper) (2007)
Baets, R, Bogaerts, W, Taillaert, D, Dumon, P, Van Thourhout, D
Gold grating coupler for silicon-on-insulator waveguides with 34% coupling efficiency (2007)
Scheerlinck, S, Van Laere, F, Schrauwen, J, Taillaert, D, Van Thourhout, D, Baets, R
Progress in high index contrast integrated optics (2007)
Baets, R, Bienstman, P, Bogaerts, W, Brouckaert, J, Debackere, P, Dumon, P, ...
Amplifying waveguide optical isolator with integrated electromagnet (2007)
Van Parys, W, Van Thourhout, D, Baets, R, Dagens, B, Decobert, J, Le Gouezigou, O, ...
Silicon nanophotonics and its applications in sensing (2007)
Baets, R, Taillaert, D, Bogaerts, W, Dumon, P, De Vos, K, Debackere, P, ...
Efficient, broadband and compact metal grating couplers for silicon-on-insulator waveguides (2007)
Scheerlinck, S, Schrauwen, J, Taillaert, D, Van Thourhout, D, Baets, R
Heterogeous III-V/silicon photonics: bonding technology and integrated devices (2007)
Roelkens, G, Brouckaert, J, Van Campenhout, J, Van Thourhout, D, Baets, R
Metal grating coupler for silicon-on-insulator (2007)
Scheerlinck, S, Schrauwen, J, Van Laere, F, Taillaert, D, Van Thourhout, D, Baets, R
A platform for silicon-on-insulator nanophotonics on industrial CMOS tools (poster) (2007)
Bogaerts, W, Dumon, P, Fedeli, J, Tchelnokov, A, Van Thourhout, D, Selvaraja, S, ...
Polarization diversity grating couplers in bonded InP-membranes (poster) (2007)
Van Laere, F, Stomeo, T, Taillaert, D, Van Thourhout, D, Krauss, T, Baets, R
Integrated nanomechanical motion detection by means of optical evanescent wave coupling (2007)
De Vlaminck, I, Roels, J, Taillaert, D, Van Thourhout, D, Lagae, L, Baets, R, ...
InP-based membrane photodetectors for optical interconnects to Si (2007)
Binetti, P, Leijtens, X, Nikoufard, M, De Vries, T, Oei, Y, Di Cioccio, L, ...
Planar concave grating demultiplexer with distributed bragg reflection facets (2007)
Brouckaert, J, Bogaerts, W, Dumon, P, Kumar Selvaraja, S, Roelkens, G, Van Thourhout, D, ...
Silicon nanophotonics in CMOS (2007)
Van Thourhout, D, Bogaerts, W, Brouckaert, J, Dumon, P, Roelkens, G, Scheerlinck, S, ...
A photonic interconnect layer on CMOS (invited paper) (2007)
Van Thourhout, D, Van Campenhout, J, Rojo-Romeo, P, Regreny, P, Seassal, C, BInetti, P, ...
Low loss amorphous silicon photonic wire and ring resonator fabricated by CMOS process (2007)
Kumar Selvaraja, S, Sleeckx, E, Bogaerts, W, Schaekers, M, Dumon, P, Van Thourhout, D, ...
III-V/silicon photonics for optical interconnects: bonding technology and integrated devices (2007)
Roelkens, G, Brouckaert, J, Van Campenhout, J, Van Thourhout, D, Baets, R
State of the art modulator approaches for continuous time-of-flight range finding (2007)
Van Nieuwenhove, D, Grootjans, R, Jovanov, L, Roels, J, Pizurica, A, ...