Mid-infrared integrated photonics on silicon: a perspective

H Lin, Z Luo, T Gu, LC Kimerling, K Wada… - …, 2017 - degruyter.com
The emergence of silicon photonics over the past two decades has established silicon as a
preferred substrate platform for photonic integration. While most silicon-based photonic …

Mid-infrared silicon photonic waveguides and devices

Y Zou, S Chakravarty, CJ Chung, X Xu… - Photonics Research, 2018 - opg.optica.org
Silicon has been the material of choice of the photonics industry over the last decade due to
its easy integration with silicon electronics, high index contrast, small footprint, and low cost …

High-responsivity graphene/silicon-heterostructure waveguide photodetectors

X Wang, Z Cheng, K Xu, HK Tsang, JB Xu - Nature Photonics, 2013 - nature.com
Graphene-based photonic devices, such as ultrafast photodetectors, optical modulators and
tunable surface plasmon polariton devices, have experienced rapid development in recent …

Raman amplification at 2.2 μm in silicon core fibers with prospects for extended mid-infrared source generation

M Huang, S Sun, TS Saini, Q Fu, L Xu, D Wu… - Light: Science & …, 2023 - nature.com
Raman scattering provides a convenient mechanism to generate or amplify light at
wavelengths where gain is not otherwise available. When combined with recent …

Blazed subwavelength grating coupler

R Guo, S Zhang, H Gao, G Senthil Murugan… - Photonics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Short-wavelength mid-infrared (2–2.5 μm wave band) silicon photonics has been a growing
area to boost the applications of integrated optoelectronics in free-space optical …

Silicon and silicon nitride photonic circuits for spectroscopic sensing on-a-chip

AZ Subramanian, E Ryckeboer, A Dhakal… - Photonics …, 2015 - opg.optica.org
There is a rapidly growing demand to use silicon and silicon nitride (Si_3N_4) integrated
photonics for sensing applications, ranging from refractive index to spectroscopic sensing …

Nonlinear and quantum photonics using integrated optical materials

A Dutt, A Mohanty, AL Gaeta, M Lipson - Nature Reviews Materials, 2024 - nature.com
Integrated nonlinear photonics provides transformative capabilities for controlling,
enhancing and manipulating material nonlinearities in miniaturized on-chip platforms. The …

Super-broadband on-chip continuous spectral translation unlocking coherent optical communications beyond conventional telecom bands

D Kong, Y Liu, Z Ren, Y Jung, C Kim, Y Chen… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Today's optical communication systems are fast approaching their capacity limits in the
conventional telecom bands. Opening up new wavelength bands is becoming an appealing …

Post-2000 nonlinear optical materials and measurements: data tables and best practices

N Vermeulen, D Espinosa, A Ball… - Journal of Physics …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
In its 60 years of existence, the field of nonlinear optics has gained momentum especially
over the past two decades thanks to major breakthroughs in material science and …

Silicon photonic integration platform—have we found the sweet spot?

DX Xu, JH Schmid, GT Reed… - IEEE Journal of …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The current trend in silicon photonics towards higher levels of integration as well as the
model of using CMOS foundries for fabrication are leading to a need for standardization of …