Roadmap** the next generation of silicon photonics

S Shekhar, W Bogaerts, L Chrostowski… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Silicon photonics has developed into a mainstream technology driven by advances in
optical communications. The current generation has led to a proliferation of integrated …

The physics of optical computing

PL McMahon - Nature Reviews Physics, 2023 - nature.com
There has been a resurgence of interest in optical computing since the early 2010s, both in
academia and in industry, with much of the excitement centred around special-purpose …

Very-large-scale integrated quantum graph photonics

J Bao, Z Fu, T Pramanik, J Mao, Y Chi, Y Cao, C Zhai… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Graphs have provided an expressive mathematical tool to model quantum-mechanical
devices and systems. In particular, it has been recently discovered that graph theory can be …

A progress review on solid‐state LiDAR and nanophotonics‐based LiDAR sensors

N Li, CP Ho, J Xue, LW Lim, G Chen… - Laser & Photonics …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) sensors enable precision sensing of an object in 3D.
LiDAR technology is widely used in metrology, environment monitoring, archaeology, and …

General-purpose programmable photonic processor for advanced radiofrequency applications

D Pérez-López, A Gutierrez, D Sánchez… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
A general-purpose photonic processor can be built integrating a silicon photonic
programmable core in a technology stack comprising an electronic monitoring and …

A programmable topological photonic chip

T Dai, A Ma, J Mao, Y Ao, X Jia, Y Zheng, C Zhai… - Nature Materials, 2024 - nature.com
Controlling topological phases of light allows the observation of abundant topological
phenomena and the development of robust photonic devices. The prospect of more …

The rise of electrically tunable metasurfaces

C Jung, E Lee, J Rho - Science Advances, 2024 - science.org
Metasurfaces, which offer a diverse range of functionalities in a remarkably compact size,
have captured the interest of both scientific and industrial sectors. However, their inherent …

Frequency–angular resolving LiDAR using chip-scale acousto-optic beam steering

B Li, Q Lin, M Li - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Thanks to its superior imaging resolution and range, light detection and ranging (LiDAR) is
fast becoming an indispensable optical perception technology for intelligent automation …

Integrated silicon photonic MEMS

N Quack, AY Takabayashi, H Sattari… - Microsystems & …, 2023 - nature.com
Silicon photonics has emerged as a mature technology that is expected to play a key role in
critical emerging applications, including very high data rate optical communications …

X-ray-to-visible light-field detection through pixelated colour conversion

L Yi, B Hou, H Zhao, X Liu - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Light-field detection measures both the intensity of light rays and their precise direction in
free space. However, current light-field detection techniques either require complex …