Subwavelength Silicon Photonic Metamaterial Waveguide Devices

Subwavelength grating (metamaterial) waveguide devices are becoming established as key building blocks for advanced integrated photonic circuits. In this talk we will present an overview of our recent advances in this surging field.

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[20]  Pavel Cheben,et al.  L-shaped fiber-chip grating couplers with high directionality and low reflectivity fabricated with deep-UV lithography. , 2017, Optics letters.