Publications

Journal papers

Conference papers and talks

Pre-Group (2002-2008)

Journal Papers

56. J. C. C. Mak, C. Sideris, J. Jeong, A. Hajimiri, and J. K. S. Poon. Binary particle swarm optimized 2 × 2 power splitters in a standard foundry silicon photonic platform, 2016. (submitted)

55. C. Ma, W. D. Sacher, Z. Tang, J. C. Mikkelsen, Y. Yang, F. Xu, H.-K. Lo, and J. K. S. Poon. Integrated silicon photonic transmitter for polarization-encoded quantum key distribution, 2016. (submitted, arXiv)

54. J. Jeong, Z. Yong, A. Joushaghani, A. Tsukernik, S. Paradis, D. Alain, and J. K. S. Poon. Current induced polycrystalline-to-crystalline transformation in vanadium dioxide nanowires, 2016. (submitted)

53. M. Kim, J. Jeong, J. K. S. Poon, and G. V. Eleftheriades. Vanadium dioxide assisted digital optical metasurfaces for dynamic wavefront engineering, Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 33(5): 980-988, 2016. [link]

52. J. C. C. Mak, A. Bois, and J. K. S. Poon. Programmable multi-ring Butterworth filters with automated resonance and coupling tuning, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 22(6): 4402909, 2016. [link] (invited, special issue on silicon photonics)

51. W. D. Sacher, M. L. Davenport, M. J. R. Heck, J. C. Mikkelsen, J. K. S. Poon, and J. E. Bowers. Unidirectional hybrid silicon ring laser with an intracavity S-bend, Optics Express, 23(20): 26369-26376, 2015. [link]

50. J. C. C. Mak, W. D. Sacher, T. Xue, J. C. Mikkelsen, Z. Yong, and J. K. S. Poon. Automatic resonance alignment of high-order microring filters, IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, 51(11): 1-11, 2015. [link] (invited, special issue on silicon photonics, arXiv)

49. J. Jeong, A. Joushaghani, S. Paradis, D. Alain, and J. K. S. Poon. Electrically controllable extraordinary optical transmission in gold gratings on vanadium dioxide, Optics Letters, 40(19):4408-4411, 2015. [link]

48. W. D. Sacher, E. Kleijn, B. J. F. Taylor, H. Jayatilleka, L. M. Augustin, and J. K. S. Poon. Tunable single-mode coupled-cavity laser in a standard InP photonics platform, Optics Letters, 40(18): 4364-4367, 2015. [link]

47. A. Joushaghani, J. Jeong, S. Paradis, D. Alain, J. S. Aitchison, and J. K. S. Poon. Characteristics of the current controlled phase transition of VO2 microwires for hybrid optoelectronic devices, Photonics, 2(3): 916-932, 2015. [link] (invited, special issue on hybrid and heterogeneous integration)

46. W. D. Sacher, Y. Huang, G.-Q. Lo, and J. K. S. Poon. Multilayer silicon nitride-on-silicon integrated photonic platforms and devices, Journal of Lightwave Technology, 33(4): 901-910, 2015. (invited, special issue on optical interconnects) [link]

45. A. Joushaghani, J. Jeong, S. Paradis, D. Alain, J. S. Aitchison, and J. K. S. Poon. Wavelength-size hybrid Si-VO2 waveguide electroabsorption optical switches and photodetectors, Optics Express, 23(3): 3657-3668, 2015. [link]

44. A. Joushaghani, J. Jeong, S. Paradis, D. Alain, J. S. Aitchison, and J. K. S. Poon. Electronic and thermal effects in the insulator-metal phase transition in VO2 nano-gap junctions, Applied Physics Letters, 105(23), 231904, 2014. [link]

43. W. D. Sacher, W. M. J. Green, D. M. Gill, S. Assefa, T. Barwicz, M. Khater, E. Kiewra, C. Reinholm, S. M. Shank, Y. A. Vlasov, and J. K. S. Poon. Binary phase-shift keying by coupling modulation of microrings, Optics Express, 22(17): 20252-20259, 2014. [link]

42. A. Joushaghani, J. Jeong, S. Paradis, D. Alain, J. S. Aitchison, and J. K. S. Poon. Voltage-controlled switching and thermal effects in VO2 nano-gap junctions, Applied Physics Letters, 104(22): 221904, 2014. [link]

41. W. D. Sacher, Y. Huang, L. Ding, T. Barwicz, J. C. Mikkelsen, B. J. F. Taylor, G.-Q. Lo, and J. K. S. Poon. Polarization rotator-splitters and controllers in a Si3N4-on-SOI integrated photonics platform, Optics Express, 22(9): 11167-11174, 2014. [link]

40. W. D. Sacher, Y. Huang, L. Ding, B. J. F. Taylor, H. Jayatilleka, G.-Q. Lo, and J. K. S. Poon. Wide bandwidth and high coupling efficiency Si3N4-on-SOI dual-level grating coupler, Optics Express, 22(9): 10938-10947, 2014. [link]

39. J. C. Mikkelsen, W. D. Sacher, and J. K. S. Poon. Adiabatically widened silicon microrings for improved variation tolerance, Optics Express, 22(8): 9659-9666, 2014. [link]

38. W. D. Sacher, T. Barwicz, B. J. F. Taylor, and J. K. S. Poon. Polarization rotator-splitters in standard active silicon photonics platforms, Optics Express, 22(4): 3777-3786, 2014. [link] (Top 10 most downloaded articles in Optics Express in Feb. 2014, March 2014)

37. J. C. Mikkelsen, W. D. Sacher, and J. K. S. Poon. Dimensional variation tolerant silicon-on-insulator directional couplers, Optics Express, 22(3): 3145-3150, 2014. [link]

36. W. D. Sacher, W. M. J. Green, S. Assefa, T. Barwicz, H. Pan, S. M. Shank, Y. A. Vlasov, and J. K. S. Poon. Coupling modulation of microrings at rates beyond the linewidth limit, Optics Express, 21(8), 9722-9733, 2013. [link]

35. A. Joushaghani, B. A. Kruger, S. Paradis, D. Alain, J. S. Aitchison, and J. K. S. Poon. Sub-volt broadband hybrid plasmonic-vanadium dioxide switches, Applied Physics Letters, 102(6), 061101, 2013. [link] (Top 20 most read articles in APL in Feb. 2013)

34. H. Jayatilleka, W. D. Sacher, and J. K. S. Poon. Analytical model and fringing-field parasitics of carrier-depletion silicon-on-insulator optical modulation diodes, IEEE Photonics Journal, 5(1), 2200211, 2013. [link]

33. B. A. Kruger, A. Joushaghani, and J. K. S. Poon. Design of electrically-driven vanadium dioxide hybrid plasmonic switches, Optics Express, 20(21), 23598-23609, 2012. [link]

32. A. Joushaghani, R. Iyer, J. K. S. Poon, J. S. Aitchison, C. M. de Sterke, J. Wan, and M. M. Dignam. Generalized exact dynamic localization in curved coupled optical waveguide arrays, Physical Review Letters, 109, 103901, 2012. [link]

31. J. C. Mikkelsen and J. K. S. Poon. Microdroplet-etched highly birefringent low-loss fiber tapers, Optics Letters, 37 (13), 2601-2603, 2012. [link]

30. B. A. Kruger and J. K. S. Poon. Optical guided waves at graded metal-dielectric interfaces, Optics Letters, 36 (11), 2155-2157, 2011. [link]

29. A. Joushaghani, B. Hou, J. S. Aitchison, and J. K. S. Poon. Amplitude and phase modulation of optical pulses transmitted through sub-wavelength apertures in thin metal films, Optics Express, 19 (9), 8367-8378, 2011. [link]

28. E. J. Zhang, W. D. Sacher, and J. K. S. Poon. Hydrofluoric acid flow etching of low-loss subwavelength-diameter biconical fiber tapers, Optics Express, 18 (21), 22593-22598, 2010. [link]

27. W. D. Sacher, E. J. Zhang, B. A. Kruger, and J. K. S. Poon. High-speed laser modulation beyond the relaxation resonance frequency limit, Optics Express, 18 (7), 7047-7054, 2010. [link]

26. B. Hou, X. Q. Liao, and J. K. S. Poon. Resonant infrared transmission and effective medium response of subwavelength H-fractal apertures, Optics Express, 18 (4), 3946-3951, 2010. [link]

25. W. D. Sacher and J. K. S. Poon. Microring quadrature modulators, Optics Letters, 34 (24), 3878-3880, 2009. [link]

24. A. Joushaghani, R. Iyer, J. K. S. Poon, J. S. Aitchison, C. M. de Sterke, J. Wan, and M. M. Dignam. Quasi-Bloch oscillations in curved coupled optical waveguides. Physical Review Letters, 103 (14), 143903, 2009. [link]

23. W. D. Sacher and J. K. S. Poon. Characteristics of microring resonators with waveguide-resonator coupling modulation. Journal of Lightwave Technology, 27(17), 3800-3811, 2009. [link]

22. W. D. Sacher and J. K. S. Poon. Dynamics of microring resonator modulators. Optics Express, 16(20), 15741-15753, 2008. [link]

Conferences

52. W. D. Sacher, Z. Yong, J. C. Mikkelsen, A. Bois, Y. Yang, J. C. C. Mak, P. Dumais, D. Goodwill, C. Ma, J. Jeong, E. Bernier, and J. K. S. Poon. Multilayer silicon nitride-on-silicon integrated photonic platform for 3D photonic circuits. CLEO, 2016. Paper JTh4C.3. (postdeadline) [link]

51. J. C. C. Mak, A. Bois, and J. K. S. Poon. Programmable multi-ring Butterworth filters with automated resonance and coupling tuning. OFC, 2016. Paper Tu2F.4

50. J. C. C. Mak, W. D. Sacher, J. C. Mikkelsen, T. Xue, Z. Yong, and J. K. S. Poon. Automated calibration of high-order microring filters. CLEO, 2015. Paper SW1N.2.

49. J. Jeong, A. Joushaghani, S. Paradis, D. Alain, and J. K. S. Poon. Electrically controllable extraordinary optical transmission in metallic surface gratings on VO2. CLEO, 2015. Paper SW4I.6.

48. W. D. Sacher, M. L. Davenport, M. J. R. Heck, J. C. Mikkelsen, J. K. S. Poon, and J. E. Bowers. Hybrid silicon ring laser with unidirectional emission. CLEO, 2015. Paper SM1I.3.

47. A. Joushaghani, J. Jeong, S. Paradis, D. Alain, J. S. Aitchison, and J. K. S. Poon. Ultra-compact hybrid Si-VO2 electroabsorption optical switch. CLEO, 2015. Paper SM1I.2.

46. J. K. S. Poon, W. D. Sacher, Y. Huang, G.-Q. Lo. Integrated photonic devices and circuits in multilayer silicon nitride-on-silicon platforms. Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC), March 2015. Paper Th3F.1. (invited)

45. W. D. Sacher, Y. Huang, G.-Q. Lo, J. K. S. Poon. Ultra-wide bandwidth and low insertion loss bi-level grating couplers on silicon. Photonics West (OPTO), Integrated Optics, Feb. 2015, Paper OE109-58. (invited)

44. J. K. S. Poon, A. Joushaghani, J. Jeong, S. Paradis, D. Alain, J. S. Aitchison. Nanoscale electro-optic switching devices using VO2. Asia Communications and Photonics Conference, Nov. 2014. Paper AF1A.3. (invited)

43. J. K. S. Poon, W. D. Sacher, J. C. Mikkelsen, S. Assefa, D. Gill, T. Barwicz, H. Pan, S. Shank, Y. A. Vlasov, W. M. J. Green. Breaking the conventional limitations of microrings. CLEO 2014. Paper SM3G.1. (invited)

42. W. D. Sacher, Y. Huang, L. Ding, B. J. F. Taylor, H. Jayatilleka, G.-Q. Lo, and J. K. S. Poon. Ultra-efficient and broadband dual-level Si3N4-on-SOI grating coupler. CLEO, 2014. Paper STh3M.4.

41. A. Joushaghani, J. Jeong, S. Paradis, D. Alain, J. S. Aitchison, and J. K. S. Poon. Current-controlled optical modulation in thin VO2 wires. CLEO, 2014. Paper FM4B.8.

40. J. K. S. Poon, W. D. Sacher, A. Joushaghani, B. Taylor, J. Jeong, J. C. Mikkelsen, H. Jayatilleka, J. Aitchison, Y. Huang, L. Ding, G. Lo, S. Paradis and D. Alain. Integrated photonic devices and circuits in hybrid silicon platforms. IEEE Optical Interconnects Conference, 2014. Paper MD1. (invited)

39. J. C. Mikkelsen, W. D. Sacher, and J. K. S. Poon. Adiabatically widened silicon microring resonators with improved tolerance to wafer-scale variations. OFC, 2014. Paper Th2A.12.

38. J. C. Mikkelsen, W. D. Sacher, and J. K. S. Poon. Silicon ridge waveguide directional couplers with improved tolerance to wafer-scale variations. OFC, 2014. Paper Th2A.61.

37. W. D. Sacher, Y. Huang, D. Liang, T. Barwicz, J. C. Mikkelsen, B. J. Taylor, G.-Q. Lo, and J. K. S. Poon. Si3N­­4-on-SOI polarization rotator-splitter based on TM0-TE1 mode conversion. OFC, 2014. Paper Th1A.3.32.

36. J. K. S. Poon, W. D. Sacher, and J. C. Mikkelsen. Microring resonators: the road to practical implementations. Photonics West (OPTO), Broadband Access Communication Technologies VII, Feb. 2014. Paper 9007-3. (invited)

35. J. K. S. Poon, W. D. Sacher, W. M. J. Green, J. C. Mikkelsen, H. Jayatilleka, R J. Bojko, S. Assefa, H. Pan, T. Barwicz, S. M. Shank, and Y. A. Vlasov. Redesigning active and passive microring resonators. IEEE Photonics Conference, 2013. Paper TuD2.1. (invited)

34. J. K. S. Poon. Microring resonators: the road toward practical implementations. Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS) SC3: Lightwaves and resonances in confined structures, 2013. (invited)

33. J. K. S. Poon and W. D. Sacher. Dynamic models of microring resonators. 13th International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices (NUSOD), 2013. Paper TuB1. (invited)

32. W. D. Sacher, T. Barwicz, and J. K. S. Poon. Silicon-on-insulator polarization splitter-rotator based on TM0-TE1 mode conversion in a bi-level taper. CLEO, 2013. Paper CTu3F.3.

31. W. D. Sacher, W. M. J. Green, S. Assefa, D. M. Gill, T. Barwicz, M. Khater, E. Kiewra, C. Reinholm, S. M. Shank, Y. A. Vlasov, and J. K. S. Poon. Coupling-modulated microrings for DPSK modulation. CLEO, 2013. Paper CTu2F.3.

30. J. C. Mikkelsen, W. D. Sacher, H. Jayatilleka, R. J. Bojko, and J. K. S. Poon. Improving the dimensional tolerance of microrings with adiabatically widened bends. CLEO, 2013. Paper CM1F.5.

29. A. Joushaghani, B. A. Kruger, S. Paradis, D. Alain, J. S. Aitchison, and J. K. S. Poon. Low-voltage integrated broadband hybrid VO2-surface plasmon polariton swithces. CLEO, 2013. Paper CTu1F.1.

28. W. D. Sacher and J. K. S. Poon. Devices for variation-tolerant low-loss high-index contrast photonic integrated circuits. SPIE Photonics West, 2013. OPTO-Paper 8645-4. (invited)

27. W. D. Sacher, W. M. J. Green, S. Assefa, T. Barwicz, H. Pan, S. M. Shank, Y. A. Vlasov, J. K. S. Poon. High-speed modulation of optical microcavities. SPIE Photonics West, 2013. LASE-Paper 8600-19. (invited)

26. H. Jayatilleka, W. D. Sacher, and J. K. S. Poon. Capacitance of carrier depletion silicon-on-insulator optical modulation diodes. IEEE Group IV Photonics, 2012. Paper ThP8.

25. J. K. S. Poon. Dynamics of micro- and nano-scale optical resonators. CMOS Emerging Technologies, 2012. (invited)

24. A. Joushaghani, R. Iyer, J. Wan, C. M. de Sterke, M. M. Dignam, J. K. S. Poon, J. S. Aitchison. Broadband control of exact dynamic localization bandwidth in curved, strongly coupled optical waveguide arrays. CLEO/QELS, 2012. Paper QM1E.1.

23. W. D. Sacher, W. M. J. Green, S. Assefa, T. Barwicz, H. Pan, S. M. Shank, Y. A. Ylasov, and J. K. S. Poon. 28 Gb/s silicon microring modulation beyond the linewidth limit by coupling modulation. OFC, 2012. Paper OM3J.2. (Corning Outstanding Student Paper Competition semi-finalist)

22. J. Mikkelsen and J. K. S. Poon. Highly birefringent biconical fiber tapers fabricated by hydrofluoric acid microdroplet flow etching. OFC, 2012. Paper OTh1H.5. (Corning Outstanding Student Paper Competition semi-finalist)

21. J. N. Caspers, A. MacKay, and J. K. S. Poon. Short efficient non-adiabatic spot-size converters by mode interference in silicon-on-insulator waveguides. OFC, 2012. Paper OTu2I.6.

20. A. Joushaghani, B. Hou, J. S. Aitchison, and J. K. S. Poon. Ultra-low energy optical self-amplitude and phase modulation in gold nano-apertures. Frontier in Optics (OSA Annual Meeting), 2011. Paper FThP1. (Emil Wolf Outstanding Student Paper Award)

19. B. A. Kruger and J. K. S. Poon. Surface plasmons at graded metal-dielectric interfaces. Frontiers in Optics (OSA Annual Meeting), 2011. Paper FMI6.

18. W. D. Sacher, W. M. J. Green, S. Assefa, T. Barwicz, S. M. Shank, Y. A. Vlasov, and J. K. S. Poon. Controlled coupling in silicon microrings for high-speed, high extinction ratio, and low-chirp modulation. CLEO/QELS, 2011. Paper PDPA8. (postdeadline) [link]

17. E. J. Zhang, J. Mikkelsen, and J. K. S. Poon. Cross-sectional geometry control of low-loss biconical fiber tapers using hydrofluoric acid flow etching. CLEO/QELS, 2011. Paper CME2.

16. J. K. S. Poon and W. D. Sacher. Ultra-high rate modulation of high-Q optical cavities. OSA Integrated Photonics Research, July 2010. Paper IMC1. (invited)

15. J. K. S. Poon. Modulating optical microcavities. SPIE Photonics North, June 2010. (invited)

14. W. D. Sacher and J. K. S. Poon. High-speed coupling-modulated lasers. CLEO/QELS, San Jose, May 2010. Paper CFE4.

13. B. Hou, X. Liao, and J. K. S. Poon. Resonant transmission and effective medium response of subwavelength H and H-fractal apertures. CLEO/QELS, San Jose, May 2010. Paper CFM4.

12. W. D. Sacher and J. K. S. Poon. Designing high-speed, low-chirp, low-distortion microring modulators. CLEO/QELS, Baltimore, June 2009. Paper CTuBB4.

11. A. Joushaghani, R. Iyer, J. Wan, C. M. de Sterke, J. K. S. Poon, M. M. Dignam, and J. S. Aitchison. Dynamic localization in curved coupled optical waveguide arrays. CLEO/QELS, Baltimore, June 2009. Paper IMC4.