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Front Optoelec Chin    0, Vol. Issue () : 254-263    https://doi.org/10.1007/s12200-011-0136-y
REVIEW ARTICLE
Photonic nano-device for optical signal processing
Xinwan LI1,2(), Zehua HONG2, Xiaomeng SUN2
1. School of Physics Electrical Information Engineering, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China; 2. State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, Department of Electronic Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China
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Abstract

Micro/nanostructure photonic devices offer a variety of enabling properties, including low power-consumption, cost-efficient, compact size, and reliability. These distinctive features have been exploited in a wealth of applications ranging from telecommunication and optical interconnect to photonic network on chip. In this paper, we review two main classes of micro/nanostructure photonic devices, to provide the kinds of functions for optical signal processing.
Keywords photonic nano-device      optical signal processing      micro/nano optical fiber      silicon plasmonic waveguide     
Corresponding Author(s): LI Xinwan,Email:lixinwan@sjtu.edu.cn   
Issue Date: 05 September 2011
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Xinwan LI,Zehua HONG,Xiaomeng SUN. Photonic nano-device for optical signal processing[J]. Front Optoelec Chin, 0, (): 254-263.
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https://academic.hep.com.cn/foe/EN/10.1007/s12200-011-0136-y
https://academic.hep.com.cn/foe/EN/Y0/V/I/254
Fig.1  Waveguide dispersion of silica MNOF with different diameters (material dispersion also shown in dotted line) []
Fig.2  Microscope image of MNOF-based microring resonator
Fig.3  Transmission spectrum of microring resonator
Fig.4  SEM image of a 15-μm-diameter microring made with a 520-nm-diameter silica wire []
Fig.5  (a) Reflection spectrum of typical MNOF-based grating; (b) typical MNOF-based grating with a diameter of 25.9 μm []
Fig.6  Schematic diagram of conical MNOF-based coupler []
Fig.7  Measured coupling efficiency versus overlapping length for MNOF-based couplers []
Fig.8  (a) Schematic perspective view of proposed active plasmonic waveguide; (b) cross-sectional view of active plasmonic waveguide []
Fig.9  Schematics of a waveguide with a nanotaper coupler []
Fig.10  SOI grating coupler problem []
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