Silicon photonic paper-clip spiral delay lines with ultra-low delay loss of 0.5 dB/ns

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Autores principales: Hashemi, Batoul, Méndez-Rosales, Manuel Arturo, Edke, Parimal, Islam, Mohammad Rezaul, Das, Ranjan, Knights, Andrew P., Bradley, Jonathan D. B.
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Publicado: 2025
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author Hashemi, Batoul
Méndez-Rosales, Manuel Arturo
Edke, Parimal
Islam, Mohammad Rezaul
Das, Ranjan
Knights, Andrew P.
Bradley, Jonathan D. B.
author_facet Hashemi, Batoul
Méndez-Rosales, Manuel Arturo
Edke, Parimal
Islam, Mohammad Rezaul
Das, Ranjan
Knights, Andrew P.
Bradley, Jonathan D. B.
contents In this work, we demonstrate compact paper-clip spiral silicon photonic waveguides with ultra-low delay loss. We characterize the optical loss and group delay of single-mode and multi-mode silicon waveguides across the telecom O-, S-, C-, and L-bands. For spiral devices with 2.0-μm-wide waveguides, we measure propagation losses of 0.11 and 0.06 dB/cm at 1310 and 1550 nm, representing 10- and 20-times improvements, respectively, compared to the singlemode waveguides. Additionally, we observe a group delay of 1163 ps for a 9.5 cm-long waveguide with a compact device footprint of (0.30 {\times} 3.00) mm2, yielding a delay loss of 0.5 dB/ns. These results are highly promising for large-scale silicon photonic integration, delay lines, and on-chip programmable systems.
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spellingShingle Silicon photonic paper-clip spiral delay lines with ultra-low delay loss of 0.5 dB/ns
Hashemi, Batoul
Méndez-Rosales, Manuel Arturo
Edke, Parimal
Islam, Mohammad Rezaul
Das, Ranjan
Knights, Andrew P.
Bradley, Jonathan D. B.
Optics
In this work, we demonstrate compact paper-clip spiral silicon photonic waveguides with ultra-low delay loss. We characterize the optical loss and group delay of single-mode and multi-mode silicon waveguides across the telecom O-, S-, C-, and L-bands. For spiral devices with 2.0-μm-wide waveguides, we measure propagation losses of 0.11 and 0.06 dB/cm at 1310 and 1550 nm, representing 10- and 20-times improvements, respectively, compared to the singlemode waveguides. Additionally, we observe a group delay of 1163 ps for a 9.5 cm-long waveguide with a compact device footprint of (0.30 {\times} 3.00) mm2, yielding a delay loss of 0.5 dB/ns. These results are highly promising for large-scale silicon photonic integration, delay lines, and on-chip programmable systems.
title Silicon photonic paper-clip spiral delay lines with ultra-low delay loss of 0.5 dB/ns
topic Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.13391