110 GHz, 110 mW hybrid silicon-lithium niobate Mach-Zehnder modulator

F Valdez, V Mere, X Wang, N Boynton, TA Friedmann… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
High bandwidth, low voltage electro-optic modulators with high optical power handling
capability are important for improving the performance of analog optical communications …

Nonlinear optical interactions in silicon waveguides

B Kuyken, F Leo, S Clemmen, U Dave, R Van Laer… - …, 2017 - degruyter.com
The strong nonlinear response of silicon photonic nanowire waveguides allows for the
integration of nonlinear optical functions on a chip. However, the detrimental nonlinear …

Integrated coherent Ising machines based on self-phase modulation in microring resonators

N Tezak, T Van Vaerenbergh, JS Pelc… - IEEE Journal of …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose an integrated photonic circuit that acts as an optical coherent Ising machine and
simulates its performance on the basis of some example problems. In contrast to previous all …

Parametric nonlinear silicon-based photonics

K Li, AC Foster - Proceedings of the IEEE, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Integrated silicon photonics is revolutionizing the field of optical communications as hybrid
photonic/electronic integrated circuits made from this semiconductor material can …

Optical nonlinearities in ultra-silicon-rich nitride characterized using z-scan measurements

BU Sohn, JW Choi, DKT Ng, DTH Tan - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
The dispersive nonlinear refractive index of ultra-silicon-rich nitride, and its two-photon and
three-photon absorption coefficients are measured in the wavelength range between 0.8 µm …

Gamma radiation effects in amorphous silicon and silicon nitride photonic devices

Q Du, Y Huang, O Ogbuu, W Zhang, J Li, V Singh… - Optics letters, 2017 - opg.optica.org
Understanding radiation damage is of significant importance for devices operating in
radiation-harsh environments. In this Letter, we present a systematic study on gamma …

Generation of coherent supercontinuum in a-Si: H waveguides: experiment and modeling based on measured dispersion profile

F Leo, J Safioui, B Kuyken, G Roelkens, SP Gorza - Optics express, 2014 - opg.optica.org
Hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a: Si-H) has recently been recognized as a highly
nonlinear CMOS compatible photonic platform. We experimentally demonstrate the …

[HTML][HTML] A multi-layer platform for low-loss nonlinear silicon photonics

N MacFarlane, MR Kossey, JR Stroud, MA Foster… - APL Photonics, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
We demonstrate four-wave mixing (FWM) interactions in a-Si: H waveguides in a multilayer
integrated silicon photonic chip. The a-Si: H waveguides are accessed through interlayer …

Silicon nanosheets: An emerging 2D photonic material with a large transient nonlinear optical response beyond graphene

M Stavrou, A Stathis, I Papadakis… - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
The present work reports on the transient nonlinear optical (NLO) responses of two different
types of 2D silicon nanosheets (SiNSs), namely hydride-terminated silicon nanosheets …

[HTML][HTML] Hybridization of solitons in realistic non-instantaneous fibers

M Chemnitz - Optics Communications, 2023 - Elsevier
Non-local nonlinearities are an integral part of numerous physical systems. Yet, their
dissipative nature makes it hard to identify and verify stable eigenstates rigorously. This work …