Photonic nano-device for optical signal processing

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

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported in part by National Key Basic Research Program (No. 2011CB301700), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 60877012, 61071011, 61001074, 61007039, and 61007052), MOE New Faculty Foundation (No. 200802481012), STCSM Project (Nos. 10DJ1400402 and 09JC1408100), SMEC Innovation Program (No. 09ZZ185), Hangtian Research Institute-SJTU Joint Foundation, State Key Lab Projects (No. GKZD030004/09/15/20/21), Project of MOE Key Lab of Optical Fiber Sensing & Communications, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Innovation Fund For Postgraduates.

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