Realizing efficient on-chip light sources has long been the “holy-grail” for Si-photonics
research. Several important breakthroughs were made in this field in the past few years. In …

An effective solution to enhance the capacity of an optical-interconnect link is utilizing
advanced multiplexing technologies, like wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) …

Serving as the electrical to optical converter, the on-chip silicon light source is an
indispensable component of silicon photonic technologies and has long been pursued …

In this paper, we present a brief history of silicon photonics from the early research papers in
the late 1980s and early 1990s, to the potentially revolutionary technology that exists today …

Silicon does not emit light efficiently, therefore the integration of other light‐emitting
materials is highly demanded for silicon photonic integrated circuits. A number of integration …

As a promising integration platform, silicon photonics need on-chip laser sources that
dramatically improve capability, while trimming size and power dissipation in a cost-effective …

Abstract Development of Si photonic integrated circuits (PICs) has been impeded due to lack
of efficient Si-based light-emitting sources. Because of their indirect bandgap, bulk Ge and …

A review of recent progress in hybrid integrated platforms for silicon photonics is presented.
Integration of III-V semiconductors onto silicon-on-insulator substrates based on two different …

Optical sensors represent a vitally important class of analytical tools that have been used to
provide chemical information ranging from analyte concentration and binding kinetics to …

Optical whispering-gallery-mode resonators (WGMRs) have emerged as promising
platforms for label-free detection of nano-objects. The ultimate sensitivity of WGMRs is …