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FIMMWAVE Publications

Some of our publications related to FIMMWAVE and FIMMPROP

Modelling of tapered waveguides with the FIMMPROP taper algorithm T.P. Felici, D.F.G. Gallagher, "On propagation through long step tapers." Special Issue of Optical and Quantum Electronics, 2001 PDF
Record transmission achieved in photonic crystal waveguides using FIMMPROP and Kallistos T.P. Felici, A. Lavrinenko, D.F.G. Gallagher et al., "Record transmissions achieved in photonic crystal waveguide components through novel automatic optimisation techniques," presented at the ECIO, 2003 PDF
Optical design of a InAlAs/InGaAs p-i-n photodetector G. Torrese, I. Huynen, M. Serres, D. Gallagher, M. Banham, A. Vander Vorst, “An Analytical Bias-Dependent Non Uniform Model for p-i-n Travelling-Wave Photodetectors”, IEEE MTT, Vol XX, 2001, pp.411, 2001. PDF
Discussion on the suitability of EigenMode Expansion to simulation optical propagation D.F.G. Gallagher, T.P. Felici, "Eigenmode Expansion Methods for Simulation of Optical Propagation in Photonics – Pros and Cons." Proc. SPIE, vol 4987, pp.69-82, 2003. PDF
Optimisation of tapers and photonic crystal structures with FIMMPROP and Kallistos T.P. Felici, D.F.G. Gallagher, "Improved waveguide structures derived from new rapid optimization techniques." presented at the Photonics West, San Jose, 4986-48, 2003. PDF
Ring resonator modelling with FIMMPROP E. V. Bekker, V. Brulis, D. Gallagher, "Accurate Design of Optical Microring Resonators", presented at ECIO, Cambridge, 2010. PDF
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A small sample of our customers' publications using results from FIMMWAVE and FIMMPROP

Dispersion-Diversity Multicore Fiber Signal Processing Sergi García, Mario Ureña, and Ivana Gasulla
ACS Photonics 2022 9 (8), 2850-2859
DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.2c00910
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Single-mode sapphire fiber Bragg grating

Mohan Wang, Patrick S. Salter, Frank P. Payne, Adrian Shipley, Stephen M. Morris, Martin J. Booth, and Julian A. J. Fells, "Single-mode sapphire fiber Bragg grating," Opt. Express 30, 15482-15494 (2022) PDF

Hybrid Raman-erbium random fiber laser with a half open cavity assisted by artificially controlled backscattering fiber reflectors
Perez-Herrera, R.A., Roldan-Varona, P., Galarza, M. et al. Hybrid Raman-erbium random fiber laser with a half open cavity assisted by artificially controlled backscattering fiber reflectors. Sci Rep 11, 9169 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-88748-w PDF
Integrated ultra-high-performance graphene optical modulator Heidari, Elham, Dalir, Hamed, Koushyar, Farzad Mokhtari, Nouri, Behrouz Movahhed, Patil, Chandraman, Miscuglio, Mario, Akinwande, Deji and Sorger, Volker J.. "Integrated ultra-high-performance graphene optical modulator" Nanophotonics, vol. 11, no. 17, 2022, pp. 4011-4016. https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2021-0797 PDF

27 dB gain III–V-on-silicon semiconductor optical amplifier with > 17 dBm output power
Kasper Van Gasse, Ruijun Wang, and Gunther Roelkens, "27 dB gain III–V-on-silicon semiconductor optical amplifier with > 17 dBm output power," Opt. Express 27, 293-302 (2019) PDF

Directly modulated membrane lasers with 108 GHz bandwidth on a high-thermal-conductivity silicon carbide substrate
Yamaoka, S., Diamantopoulos, NP., Nishi, H. et al. Directly modulated membrane lasers with 108 GHz bandwidth on a high-thermal-conductivity silicon carbide substrate. Nat. Photonics 15, 28–35 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41566-020-00700-y Article

Lossy mode resonance sensors based on lateral light incidence in nanocoated planar waveguides
Fuentes, O., Del Villar, I., Corres, J.M. et al. Lossy mode resonance sensors based on lateral light incidence in nanocoated planar waveguides. Sci Rep 9, 8882 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-45285-x PDF
Propagation through cylindrical fiber and photonic crystal fiber devices Clémence Jollivet, Julie Guer, Peter Hofmann, and Axel Schulzgen, "Monolithic Fiber Lasers Combining Active PCF With Bragg Gratings in Conventional Single-Mode Fibers", IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 20, 5 (2014) PDF
Design of ultralow-loss silicon waveguide crossing using cascaded MMI couplers Y. Zhang, A. Hosseini, X. Xu, D. Kwong and R. T. Chen, "Ultralow-loss silicon waveguide crossing using Bloch modes in index-engineered cascaded multimode-interference couplers", Optics Letters, 38, 18, pp. 3608-3611 (2013) PDF
Modelling of tapered transition between silicon and ultra-low loss waveguides J. F. Bauters, M. L. Davenport, M. J. R. Heck, J. K. Doylend, A. Chen, A. W. Fang and J. E. Bowers, "Silicon on ultra-low-loss waveguide photonic integration platform", Optics Express, 21, 1, p. 544-555 (2013) PDF
Mode solving in high power broad area devices P. Crump, S. Boldicke, C. M. Schultz, H. Ekhteraei, H. Wenzel and G. Erbert, "Experimental and theoretical analysis of the dominant lateral waveguiding mechanism in 975 nm high power broad area diode lasers", Semicond. Sci. Technol., 27, 045001 (2012) PDF
Modelling of a fiber MMI coupler Peter Hofmann, Arash Mafi, Clémence Jollivet, Tobias Tiess, N. Peyghambarian, and Axel Schülzgen, "Detailed Investigation of Mode-Field Adapters Utilizing Multimode-Interference in Graded Index Fibers," Journal of Lightwave Technology, 30, 14, pp.2289-2298 (2012) PDF
Simulation of propagation and farfield pattern for a 1x3 MMI coupler A. Hosseini, D. Kwong, Y. Zhang, A. Alu, and R. T. Chen, “Modeling and experimental observation of on-chip two-dimensional far field interference pattern,” Applied Optics, vol. 50, pp. 1822-1826, 2011 PDF