Microphotonics Devices Based on Silicon Wire Waveguiding System

Koji YAMADA  Tai TSUCHIZAWA  Toshifumi WATANABE  Jun-ichi TAKAHASHI  Emi TAMECHIKA  Mitsutoshi TAKAHASHI  Shingo UCHIYAMA  Hiroshi FUKUDA  Tetsufumi SHOJI  Sei-ichi ITABASHI  Hirofumi MORITA  

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IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics   Vol.E87-C    No.3    pp.351-358
Publication Date: 2004/03/01
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Print ISSN: 0916-8516
Type of Manuscript: Special Section INVITED PAPER (Special Section on Photonic Crystals and Their Device Applications)
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integrated optical circuit,  silicon wire waveguide,  silicon-on-insulator,  mode field size converter,  adiabatic taper,  multimode interference device,  photonic crystal,  lattice filter,  

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Summary: 
A silicon (Si) wire waveguiding system fabricated on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrates is one of the most promising platforms for highly-integrated, ultra-small optical circuits, or microphotonics devices. The cross-section of the waveguide's core is about 300-nm-square, and the minimum bending radius are a few micrometers. Recently, crucial problems involving propagation losses and in coupling with external circuits have been resolved. Functional devices using silicon wire waveguides are now being tested. In this paper, we describe our recent progress and future prospects on the microphotonics devices based on the silicon-wire waveguiding system.