7 April 2020 Power transfer between nanoscale diverse coupled waveguides toward smooth integrated optical communication
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Abstract

A numerical approach to calculate the power transfer between nanoscale waveguides was proposed. Series of complex power-transfer simulations have been performed when comparing two adjacent waveguides made of different materials. The results showed interesting focusing phenomena when coupling a waveguide sharing a high power confinement factor to a waveguide sharing a low one. In addition, we describe the physical properties of a nanoscale integrable waveguide for smooth integration in the microelectronics industry and analyze two case studies regarding such a possible integration. It seems that due to the lack of ability to confine the mode inside a nanoscale dimensions waveguide, combining waveguides with current size transistor may be, at this stage, difficult to realize without specific fits of the whole module.

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Eyal Terkieltaub-Lee, Yehuda Albeck, and Avi Karsenty "Power transfer between nanoscale diverse coupled waveguides toward smooth integrated optical communication," Journal of Nanophotonics 14(2), 026002 (7 April 2020). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JNP.14.026002
Received: 2 October 2019; Accepted: 12 March 2020; Published: 7 April 2020
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KEYWORDS
Waveguides

Silicon

Gallium arsenide

Refractive index

Optical communications

Integrated optics

Aluminum

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