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Vien Van
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Research
Latest papers
Frequency generation by four-wave mixing in barium titanate-on-insulator microring resonators.
Scientific reports · 2026 · senior author
Realization of Anomalous Floquet Insulators in Strongly Coupled Nanophotonic Lattices.
Physical review letters · 2020 · senior author
Controlling evanescent waves using silicon photonic all-dielectric metamaterials for dense integration.
Nature communications · 2018
Latest funding
- $150,000
High-Precision non-Invasive Electromagnetic Scanner for Characterizing Circuits & Devices
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
- $2,000,000
Consortium on integrated Quantum photonics with ferroelectric materials
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
- $42,900
Development of Silicon Photonic MEMS Wavelength Switch Networks for Optical Communication Systems
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
9 publications.
Frequency generation by four-wave mixing in barium titanate-on-insulator microring resonators.
Kim R, Zhen R, Van V
Realization of Anomalous Floquet Insulators in Strongly Coupled Nanophotonic Lattices.
Afzal S, Zimmerling TJ, Ren Y, Perron D, Van V
Controlling evanescent waves using silicon photonic all-dielectric metamaterials for dense integration.
Jahani S, Kim S, Atkinson J, Wirth JC, Kalhor F, Noman AA, Newman WD, Shekhar P, Han K, Van V, DeCorby RG, Chrostowski L, Qi M, Jacob Z
Permanent fine tuning of silicon microring devices by femtosecond laser surface amorphization and ablation.
Bachman D, Chen Z, Fedosejevs R, Tsui YY, Van V
Femtosecond laser tuning of silicon microring resonators.
Bachman D, Chen Z, Prabhu AM, Fedosejevs R, Tsui YY, Van V
All-plasmonic switching based on thermal nonlinearity in a polymer plasmonic microring resonator.
Perron D, Wu M, Horvath C, Bachman D, Van V
Conductor-gap-silicon plasmonic waveguides and passive components at subwavelength scale.
Wu M, Han Z, Van V
Compact silicon microring-assisted directional couplers for optical signal processing applications.
Prabhu AM, Van V, Herman WN, Ho PT
Experimental determination of coupled microring filter parameters via pole-zero extraction.
Prabhu AM, Liew HL, Van V
High-Precision non-Invasive Electromagnetic Scanner for Characterizing Circuits & Devices
Principal investigators: Mirzavand Boroujeni, Rashid
Consortium on integrated Quantum photonics with ferroelectric materials
Principal investigators: de Sousa, Rogério R
Keywords: ferroelectric materials; integrated photonics; photon cluster states; quantum computing; quantum photonics; silicon; squeezed states of light
Development of Silicon Photonic MEMS Wavelength Switch Networks for Optical Communication Systems
Principal investigators: Van, Vien V
Keywords: Microelectromechanical Systems; Nanofabrication; Optical communication; Photonic integrated circuits; Silicon photonics; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength switch networks
A Silicon Topological Photonic Platform for Photonic Integrated Circuits
Principal investigators: Van, Vien
Keywords: topological photonics; topological insulators; nanophotonics; silicon photonics; microring resonators; photonic integrated circuits; programmable photonic circuits; photonic switching networks
High-performance silicon Photonic NEMS devices for communication networks
Principal investigators: Van, Vien
Advanced Applications of Two-Dimensional Coupled Microring Resonator Networks
Principal investigators: Van, Vien
Development of flexible silicon photonic components for WDM optical networks
Principal investigators: Van, Vien
Widely Tunable Multi-Channel Silicon Photonic Receiver
Principal investigators: Van, Vien
Post-fabrication control of silicon photonic devices by femtosecond laser modification
Principal investigators: Van, Vien
Advanced silicon coupled optical microring resonator devices and applications
Principal investigators: Van, Vien
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Vien Van and Robert Fedosejevs: 2 shared papers
- Vien Van and Lukas Chrostowski: 1 shared paper
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
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