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Wesley D. Sacher
Researcher at University of Toronto
Publications - 77
Citations - 2143
Wesley D. Sacher is an academic researcher from University of Toronto. The author has contributed to research in topics: Silicon photonics & Photonics. The author has an hindex of 20, co-authored 68 publications receiving 1766 citations. Previous affiliations of Wesley D. Sacher include California Institute of Technology & Max Planck Society.
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Polarization rotator-splitters in standard active silicon photonics platforms.
TL;DR: Various silicon-on-insulator polarization management structures based on a polarization rotator-splitter that uses a bi-level taper TM0-TE1 mode converter are demonstrated.
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Multilayer Silicon Nitride-on-Silicon Integrated Photonic Platforms and Devices
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present results from multilayer silicon nitride (SiN) on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) integrated photonic platforms over the telecommunication wavelength bands near 1550 and 1310 nm.
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Dynamics of microring resonator modulators.
TL;DR: The results illustrate that via controlled coupling, resonant modulators with high quality factors can be designed to operate at frequencies much larger than the resonator linewidth.
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Silicon photonic transmitter for polarization-encoded quantum key distribution
Chaoxuan Ma,Wesley D. Sacher,Zhiyuan Tang,Jared C. Mikkelsen,Yisu Yang,Feihu Xu,Torrey Thiessen,Hoi-Kwong Lo,Joyce K. S. Poon +8 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a Si optical transmitter for polarization-encoded quantum key distribution (QKD) is presented, which was fabricated in a standard Si photonic foundry process and integrated together a pulse generator, intensity modulator, variable optical attenuator, and polarization modulator.
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Wide bandwidth and high coupling efficiency Si3N4-on-SOI dual-level grating coupler.
Wesley D. Sacher,Ying Huang,Liang Ding,Benjamin Taylor,Hasitha Jayatilleka,Guo-Qiang Lo,Joyce K. S. Poon +6 more
TL;DR: Fiber-to-chip grating couplers with aligned silicon nitride (Si(3)N(4)) and silicon (Si) grating teeth for wide bandwidths and high coupling efficiencies without the use of bottom reflectors are proposed and experimentally demonstrated.