Over the last 20 years, silicon photonics has revolutionized the field of integrated optics,
providing a novel and powerful platform to build mass-producible optical circuits. One of the …

Silicon photonics is an enabling technology that provides integrated photonic devices and
systems with low-cost mass manufacturing capability. It has attracted increasing attention in …

Packaging of photonic integrated circuit (PIC) chips is an essential and critical step before
they can be integrated into functional optoelectronic systems. Photonic packaging is …

Segmenting silicon waveguides at the subwavelength scale produce an equivalent
homogenous material. The geometry of the waveguide segments provides precise control …

Efficient light energy transfer between optical waveguides has been a critical issue in
various areas of photonics and optoelectronics. Especially, the light coupling between …

Silicon photonic grating couplers are demonstrated featuring a perfect vertical coupling and
predicted coupling efficiencies of 87% and 78% with an apodized and a standard periodic …

We present the design and experimentally demonstrate a dual-level grating coupler with
subdecibel efficiency for a 220 nm thick silicon photonics waveguide which was fabricated …

Silicon photonic biosensors hold the potential for highly accurate, yet low cost point-of-care
devices. Maximizing the sensitivity of the sensing chips while reducing the complexity and …

Grating couplers enable position-friendly interfacing of silicon chips by optical fibers. The
conventional coupler designs call upon comparatively complex architectures to afford …

Applied quantum optics stands to revolutionise many aspects of information technology,
provided performance can be maintained when scaled up. Silicon quantum photonics …