Compact and broadband multimode waveguide bend by shape-optimizing with transformation optics

Shuyi Li; Lifeng Cai; Dingshan Gao; Jianji Dong; Jin Hou; Chunyong Yang; Shaoping Chen; Xinliang Zhang

doi:10.1364/PRJ.403818

Photonics Research, Volume. 8, Issue 12, 1843(2020)

Compact and broadband multimode waveguide bend by shape-optimizing with transformation optics Spotlight on Optics

Shuyi Li^1、†, Lifeng Cai^1、†, Dingshan Gao^1、*, Jianji Dong¹, Jin Hou², Chunyong Yang², Shaoping Chen², and Xinliang Zhang¹

Author Affiliations

¹Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics & School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China

²Hubei Key Laboratory of Intelligent Wireless Communications, College of Electronics and Information Engineering, South-Central University for Nationalities, Wuhan 430074, China

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Paper Information

Category: Integrated Optics

Received: Jul. 27, 2020

Accepted: Sep. 28, 2020

Published Online: Nov. 17, 2020

The Author Email: Dingshan Gao (dsgao@hust.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.403818

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