Integrated silicon photonics has sparked a significant ramp-up of investment in both
academia and industry as a scalable, power-efficient, and eco-friendly solution. At the heart …

Laser gain regions using quantum dots have numerous improvements over quantum wells
for photonic integration. Their atom-like density of states gives them unique gain properties …

Epitaxially grown quantum dot (QD) lasers are emerging as an economical approach to
obtain on-chip light sources. Thanks to the three-dimensional confinement of carriers, QDs …

Direct epitaxial integration of III-V materials on Si offers substantial manufacturing cost and
scalability advantages over heterogeneous integration. The challenge is that epitaxial …

Monolithic integration of quantum dot (QD) gain materials onto Si photonic platforms via
direct epitaxial growth is a promising solution for on-chip light sources. Recent …

We present a brief overview of the various leading platforms for photonic integration.
Subsequently, we consider the possibility of a photonic integrated circuit platform utilizing …

With the emerging trend of big data and internet of things, silicon (Si) photonics technology
has been developed and applied for high‐bandwidth data transmission. Contributed by the …

Silicon does not emit light efficiently, therefore the integration of other light‐emitting
materials is highly demanded for silicon photonic integrated circuits. A number of integration …

As a promising integration platform, silicon photonics need on-chip laser sources that
dramatically improve capability, while trimming size and power dissipation in a cost-effective …

Abstract Development of Si photonic integrated circuits (PICs) has been impeded due to lack
of efficient Si-based light-emitting sources. Because of their indirect bandgap, bulk Ge and …