Nonlinear Group IV photonics based on silicon and germanium: from near-infrared to mid-infrared

L Zhang, AM Agarwal, LC Kimerling, J Michel - Nanophotonics, 2014 - degruyter.com
Group IV photonics hold great potential for nonlinear applications in the near-and mid-
infrared (IR) wavelength ranges, exhibiting strong nonlinearities in bulk materials, high index …

Polymer modulators in silicon photonics: review and projections

I Taghavi, M Moridsadat, A Tofini, S Raza… - …, 2022 - degruyter.com
Optical modulators are vital for many applications, including telecommunication, data
communication, optical computing, and microwave photonic links. A compact modulator with …

Waveguide-integrated high-performance magneto-optical isolators and circulators on silicon nitride platforms

W Yan, Y Yang, S Liu, Y Zhang, S **a, T Kang, W Yang… - Optica, 2020 - opg.optica.org
Optical isolators and circulators are important components for photonic integrated circuits.
Despite significant progress on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) platforms, integrated optical …

A silicon-based hybrid plasmonic waveguide with a metal cap for a nano-scale light confinement

D Dai, S He - Optics express, 2009 - opg.optica.org
A hybrid plasmonic waveguide with a metal cap on a silicon-on-insulator rib (or slab) is
presented. There is a low-index material nano-layer between the Si layer and the metal …

Are slot and sub-wavelength grating waveguides better than strip waveguides for sensing?

DM Kita, J Michon, SG Johnson, J Hu - Optica, 2018 - opg.optica.org
The unique ability of slot and sub-wavelength grating (SWG) waveguides to confine light
outside of the waveguide core material has attracted significant interest in their application to …

Recent progress of supercontinuum generation in nanophotonic waveguides

Y Fang, C Bao, SA Li, Z Wang, W Geng… - Laser & Photonics …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Supercontinuum (SC) has opened up possibilities for numerous applications in optical
communications, signal processing, metrology, and spectroscopy. Supercontinuum …

Low-Loss BaTiO3–Si Waveguides for Nonlinear Integrated Photonics

F Eltes, D Caimi, F Fallegger, M Sousa… - Acs …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Barium titanate (BaTiO3) has become an attractive material to extend the functionalities of
the silicon photonics platform because of its large Pockels coefficient of more than 1000 …

Silicon waveguide with four zero-dispersion wavelengths and its application in on-chip octave-spanning supercontinuum generation

L Zhang, Q Lin, Y Yue, Y Yan, RG Beausoleil… - Optics express, 2012 - opg.optica.org
We propose a novel silicon waveguide that exhibits four zero-dispersion wavelengths for the
first time, to the best of our knowledge, with a flattened dispersion over a 670-nm bandwidth …

Silicon-organic hybrid electro-optical devices

J Leuthold, C Koos, W Freude, L Alloatti… - IEEE Journal of …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Organic materials combined with strongly guiding silicon waveguides open the route to
highly efficient electro-optical devices. Modulators based on the so-called silicon-organic …

Integrated photonics in the 21st century

L Thylén, L Wosinski - Photonics Research, 2014 - opg.optica.org
We review the emergence and development of integrated photonics and its status today.
The treatise is focused on information and communications technology (ICT) applications …