MEMS for photonic integrated circuits

C Errando-Herranz, AY Takabayashi… - IEEE Journal of …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The field of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) for photonic integrated circuits (PICs)
is reviewed. This field leverages mechanics at the nanometer to micrometer scale to improve …

Silicon photonics for the visible and near-infrared spectrum

JKS Poon, A Govdeli, A Sharma, X Mu… - Advances in Optics …, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Emerging applications in quantum information, microscopy, biosensing, depth sensing, and
augmented reality demand miniaturized components in the visible (VIS) and near-infrared …

Nano-opto-electro-mechanical systems

L Midolo, A Schliesser, A Fiore - Nature nanotechnology, 2018 - nature.com
A new class of hybrid systems that couple optical, electrical and mechanical degrees of
freedom in nanoscale devices is under development in laboratories worldwide. These nano …

Programmable photonic arrays based on microelectromechanical elements with femtowatt-level standby power consumption

DU Kim, YJ Park, DY Kim, Y Jeong, MG Lim… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Programmable photonic integrated circuits offer exciting opportunities for optoelectronic
signal processing, computing and communications in a number of emerging applications in …

Silicon photonic microelectromechanical phase shifters for scalable programmable photonics

P Edinger, AY Takabayashi, C Errando-Herranz… - Optics Letters, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Programmable photonic integrated circuits are emerging as an attractive platform for
applications such as quantum information processing and artificial neural networks …

Silicon photonic phase shifters and their applications: A review

H Sun, Q Qiao, Q Guan, G Zhou - Micromachines, 2022 - mdpi.com
With the development of silicon photonics, dense photonic integrated circuits play a
significant role in applications such as light detection and ranging systems, photonic …

Optoelectromechanical phase shifter with low insertion loss and a 13π tuning range

T Grottke, W Hartmann, C Schuck, WHP Pernice - Optics Express, 2021 - opg.optica.org
We present an on-chip optoectromechanical phase shifter with low insertion loss and low
half-wave voltage using a silicon nitride platform. The device is based on a slot waveguide …

A SOI out-of-plane electrostatic MEMS actuator based on in-plane motion

S Nabavi, M Ménard, F Nabki - Journal of …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work describes a novel micromechanical structure capable of producing out-of-plane
motion from in-plane forces generated by electrostatic microelectromechanical system …

Silicon photonic MEMS phase-shifter

H Sattari, T Graziosi, M Kiss, TJ Seok, S Han… - Optics …, 2019 - opg.optica.org
We present a design for an analog phase shifter based on Silicon Photonic MEMS
technology. The operation principle is based on a two-step parallel plate electrostatic …

Cryo-compatible opto-mechanical low-voltage phase-modulator integrated with superconducting single-photon detectors

F Beutel, T Grottke, MA Wolff, C Schuck… - Optics …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Photonic integrated circuits (PICs) have enabled novel functionality in quantum optics,
quantum information processing and quantum communication. PICs based on Silicon …