Arbitrarily routed mode-division multiplexed photonic circuits for dense integration

Yingjie Liu; Ke Xu; Shuai Wang; Weihong Shen; Hucheng Xie; Yujie Wang; Shumin Xiao; Yong Yao; Jiangbing Du; Zuyuan He; Qinghai Song

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-11196-8

Nature Communications (Jul 2019)

Arbitrarily routed mode-division multiplexed photonic circuits for dense integration

Yingjie Liu,
Ke Xu,
Shuai Wang,
Weihong Shen,
Hucheng Xie,
Yujie Wang,
Shumin Xiao,
Yong Yao,
Jiangbing Du,
Zuyuan He,
Qinghai Song

Affiliations

Yingjie Liu: State Key Laboratory on Tunable laser Technology, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Lab of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Information System, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen)
Ke Xu: State Key Laboratory on Tunable laser Technology, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Lab of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Information System, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen)
Shuai Wang: State Key Laboratory on Tunable laser Technology, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Lab of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Information System, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen)
Weihong Shen: State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Hucheng Xie: State Key Laboratory on Tunable laser Technology, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Lab of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Information System, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen)
Yujie Wang: State Key Laboratory on Tunable laser Technology, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Lab of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Information System, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen)
Shumin Xiao: State Key Laboratory on Tunable laser Technology, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Lab of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Information System, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen)
Yong Yao: State Key Laboratory on Tunable laser Technology, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Lab of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Information System, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen)
Jiangbing Du: State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Zuyuan He: State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Qinghai Song: State Key Laboratory on Tunable laser Technology, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Lab of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Information System, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11196-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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On-chip mode-division multiplexing has many challenges including crosstalk, losses, and footprint. Here the authors use a nanohole metastructure to create multiplexed bends and crossings for photonic data communications circuit routing with high density that combats these challenges.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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