As a fundamental optical approach to interferometry, Sagnac interference has been widely
used for reflection manipulation, precision measurements, and spectral engineering in …

Focus Serial: Frontiers of Nonlinear Optics We review recent research on nonlinear optical
interactions in waveguides with sub-micron transverse dimensions, which are termed …

Leveraging the spatial modes of multimode waveguides using mode-division multiplexing
on an integrated photonic chip allows unprecedented scaling of bandwidth density for on …

Efficient integrated photonic switches play a critical role in both interchip optical
interconnects and data center networks that need to be dynamically reconfigured. Here, we …

Recent advances in silicon nanophotonics, including demonstrations of ultracompact
modulators,,,, germanium waveguide photodetectors,, and wavelength-division …

We present a theoretical description of the response of a dynamic slab, with time-periodic
dielectric function ϵ (t), to a normally incident monochromatic plane wave of frequency ω o …

We demonstrate parametric wavelength conversion via four-wave mixing using ultra-low
peak pump powers of a few milliwatts in a micrometer-scale silicon device. The response …

Phonons traveling in solid-state devices are emerging as a universal excitation for coupling
different physical systems. Phonons at microwave frequencies have a similar wavelength to …

A detailed analysis of fundamental tradeoffs between ring radius and coupling gap size is
presented to draw realistic borders of the possible design space for microring resonators …

Enabled by silicon photonic technology, optical interconnection networks have the potential
to be a key disruptive technology in computing and communication industries. The enduring …