In this work we review the recent advances and demonstrate possible future perspectives regarding pedestal waveguide fabrication technology. The optical waveguides produced using this technology represent a new platform ...

In this work we present the details regarding the fabrication process of pedestal based optical waveguides, using different materials with large optical nonlinearities as core layer. With the pedestal fabrication process ...

In this work we present the details regarding the fabrication process of pedestal based optical waveguides, using different materials with large optical nonlinearities as core layer. With the pedestal fabrication process ...

We report on a theoretical and numerical investigation of the switching of power in new hybrid models of nonlinear coherent couplers consisting of optical slab waveguides with various orders of nonlinearity. The first model ...

We exploit the anisotropic plasmonic behavior of gold nanorods (AuNRs) to obtain a waveguide with a nonlinear coefficient dependent on both the frequency and polarization of incident light. The optical properties of the ...

In this work we review and summarize the recent developments regarding pedestal waveguide fabrication technology and demonstrate the applicability of this type of structure for Nonlinear Optics (NLO) integrated devices. ...

In this work we review and summarize the recent developments regarding pedestal waveguide fabrication technology and demonstrate the applicability of this type of structure for Nonlinear Optics (NLO) integrated devices. ...

An effective method for controlling nonlinear switching of discrete solitons in arrays of weakly coupled optical waveguides was discussed. The key ideas of the array engineering by means of a steplike variation of the ...