As a fundamental optical approach to interferometry, Sagnac interference has been widely
used for reflection manipulation, precision measurements, and spectral engineering in …

Many breakthroughs in the laboratories often do not bridge the gap between research and
commercialization. However, silicon photonics bucked the trend, with industry observers …

The use of silicon nitride in integrated photonics has rapidly progressed in recent decades.
Ultra-low-loss waveguides based on silicon nitride are a favorable platform for the research …

Graphene is an ideal material for optoelectronic applications. Its photonic properties give
several advantages and complementarities over Si photonics. For example, graphene …

The performance of silicon photonic components and integrated circuits has improved
dramatically in recent years. As a key enabler, heterogeneous integration not only provides …

Silicon photonics is widely acknowledged as a game-changing technology, driven by the
needs of datacom and telecom. Silicon photonics builds on highly capital-intensive …

Silicon nitride (SiN) is emerging as a competitive platform for CMOS-compatible integrated
photonics. However, active devices such as modulators are scarce and still lack in …

On-chip optical waveguides with low propagation losses and precisely engineered group
velocity dispersion are important to nonlinear photonic devices such as soliton microcombs …

Optical isolators and circulators are important components for photonic integrated circuits.
Despite significant progress on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) platforms, integrated optical …

The tremendous growth of data traffic has spurred a rapid evolution of optical
communications for a higher data transmission capacity. Next-generation fiber-optic …