Development of spiral shape photonic devices

Author

Delâge, André ; Xu, Dan-Xia ; Densmore, Adam ; Cheben, Pavel ; Florjanczyk, Miroslaw ; Janz, Siegfried

Author_Institution

Inst. for Microstruct. Sci., Nat. Res. Council, Ottawa, ON, Canada

fYear

2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

This invited paper presents several passive devices containing long silicon photonic wires condensed into spirals. These devices present a large density factor due to their high ratio length over area that improves at the same time their efficiency and fabrication cost. The talk will present the basic equations of the waveguide shape as well as the design and performance of four passive devices under development at the Institute for Microstructural Sciences of the National Research Council Canada.

Keywords

biosensors; integrated optics; Institute for Microstructural Sciences; National Research Council Canada; biosensor; passive device; silicon photonic wire; spiral shape photonic device; waveguide shape; Biosensors; Costs; Optical devices; Optical ring resonators; Optical surface waves; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Shape; Spirals; Wires; Mach-Zehnder integrated interferometers; biosensor; high efficiency optical switch; silicon photonics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2010 12th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7799-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-7797-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2010.5549328

Filename

5549328