Two-dimensional extreme skin depth engineering for CMOS photonics

Abstract

Extreme skin depth engineering (e-skid) can be applied to integrated photonics to manipulate the evanescent field of a waveguide. Here we demonstrate thate-skidcan be implemented in two directions in order to deterministically engineer the evanescent wave allowing for dense integration with enhanced functionalities. In particular, by increasing the skin depth, we enable the creation of two-dimensional (2D)e-skiddirectional couplers with large gaps and operational bandwidth. Here we experimentally validate 2De-skidfor integrated photonics in a complementary metal–oxide semiconductor (CMOS) photonics foundry and demonstrate strong coupling with a gap of 1.44 µm.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Mar 24, 2021
Source ID
10.1364/josab.416848

Entities

People

  • Christopher C. Tison
  • Daniel Coleman
  • Gerald Leake
  • Gregory A. Howland
  • Justin Bickford
  • Matthew van Niekerk
  • Michael L. Fanto
  • Pak Cho
  • Saman Jahani
  • Stefan F. Preble
  • Stephen Anderson
  • Zubin Jacob

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory
  • California Institute of Technology
  • National Science Foundation
  • Purdue University
  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • Rochester Institute of Technology
  • State University of New York
  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Microwave Engineering.
  • Nanoscale Plasmonic Nanotechnology

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics