We first optimize the design and compare the performance of thermo-optic phase-shifters
based on TiN metal and N++ doped silicon, in the same SOI process. The designs don't …

Silicon photonics (SiPh) has emerged as the predominant platform across a wide range of
integrated photonics applications, encompassing not only mainstream fields such as optical …

The ability to rapidly switch between orbital angular momentum modes of light has important
implications for future classical and quantum systems. In general, orbital angular momentum …

Ultrafast and highly efficient optical modulators that are based on the Pockels effect are key
components of today's optical communication networks. For the next generation of photonic …

Optical processing of information holds great promise for addressing many challenges
facing the field of computing. However, integrated photonic processors are typically limited …

Silicon photonics is the prime candidate technology to realize an optical network-on-chip for
global interconnects in future multi-core processors. Since silicon photonics lacks efficient …

As the optical analogue to integrated electronics, integrated photonics has already found
widespread use in data centers in the form of optical interconnects. As global network traffic …

Key to recent successes in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) has been the ability to train a
growing number of parameters which form fixed connectivity matrices between layers of …

We propose a 2*2 thermo-optic switch with high switching performance. The switch is based
on multimode interferometer (MMI) couplers and a Mach–Zehnder interferometer (MZI) …

Typically, materials with large optical losses such as metals are used as microheaters for
silicon based thermo-optic phase shifters. Consequently, the heater must be placed far from …