Ultra-broadband nanophotonic phase shifter based on subwavelength metamaterial waveguides

David González-Andrade; José Manuel Luque-González; J. Gonzalo Wangüemert-Pérez; Alejandro Ortega-Moñux; Pavel Cheben; Íñigo Molina-Fernández; Aitor V. Velasco

doi:10.1364/PRJ.373223

Photonics Research, Volume. 8, Issue 3, 359(2020)

Ultra-broadband nanophotonic phase shifter based on subwavelength metamaterial waveguides

David González-Andrade^1、*, José Manuel Luque-González², J. Gonzalo Wangüemert-Pérez², Alejandro Ortega-Moñux², Pavel Cheben³, Íñigo Molina-Fernández^2,4, and Aitor V. Velasco¹

Author Affiliations

¹Instituto de Óptica Daza de Valdés, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Madrid 28006, Spain

²Departamento de Ingeniería de Comunicaciones, ETSI Telecomunicación, Universidad de Málaga, Málaga 29071, Spain

³National Research Council Canada, Ottawa K1A 0R6, Canada

⁴Bionand Center for Nanomedicine and Biotechnology, Parque Tecnológico de Andalucía, Málaga 29590, Spain

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Paper Information

Category: Silicon Photonics

Received: Jul. 19, 2019

Accepted: Dec. 24, 2019

Published Online: Feb. 26, 2020

The Author Email: David González-Andrade (david.gonzalez@csic.es)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.373223

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