Silicon and hybrid silicon photonic devices for intra-datacenter applications: state of the art and perspectives

Y Li, Y Zhang, L Zhang, AW Poon - Photonics Research, 2015 - opg.optica.org
We review the state of the art and our perspectives on silicon and hybrid silicon photonic
devices for optical interconnects in datacenters. After a brief discussion of the key …

Low-operating-energy directly modulated lasers for short-distance optical interconnects

S Matsuo, T Kakitsuka - Advances in Optics and Photonics, 2018 - opg.optica.org
We review recent developments in directly modulated lasers (DMLs) with low operating
energy for datacom and computercom applications. Key issues are their operating energy …

Maximizing the quality factor to mode volume ratio for ultra-small photonic crystal cavities

F Wang, RE Christiansen, Y Yu, J Mørk… - Applied Physics …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Small manufacturing-tolerant photonic crystal cavities are systematically designed using
topology optimization to enhance the ratio between the quality factor and mode volume …

[HTML][HTML] Rate equation description of quantum noise in nanolasers with few emitters

J Mork, GL Lippi - Applied Physics Letters, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Rate equations for micro-and nanocavity lasers are formulated which take account of the
finite number of emitters, Purcell effects as well as stochastic effects of spontaneous …

Electrically‐Driven Photonic Crystal Lasers with Ultra‐low Threshold

E Dimopoulos, A Sakanas… - Laser & Photonics …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Light sources with ultra‐low energy consumption and high performance are required to
realize optical interconnects for on‐chip communication. Photonic crystal (PhC) nanocavity …

2D material microcavity light emitters: to lase or not to lase?

L Reeves, Y Wang, TF Krauss - Advanced Optical Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Atomically thin layers of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are of great interest to the
photonics community because of their unique optical properties. For example, in conjunction …

The onset of lasing in semiconductor nanolasers

M Saldutti, Y Yu, J Mørk - Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Nanolasers based on emerging dielectric cavities with deep sub‐wavelength confinement of
light offer a large light‐matter coupling rate and near‐unity spontaneous emission factor, β β …

Threshold characteristics of slow-light photonic crystal lasers

W Xue, Y Yu, L Ottaviano, Y Chen, E Semenova… - Physical review …, 2016 - APS
The threshold properties of photonic crystal quantum dot lasers operating in the slow-light
regime are investigated experimentally and theoretically. Measurements show that, in …

Progress in short wavelength energy-efficient high-speed vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers for data communication

SC Tian, M Ahamed, D Bimberg - Photonics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Progress in Short Wavelength Energy-Efficient High-Speed Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting
Lasers for Data Communication Next Article in Journal Study on the Expansion Kinetics of …

Semiconductor fano lasers

J Mork, Y Yu, TS Rasmussen… - IEEE Journal of …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a new type of semiconductor laser based on Fano interference is described.
One of the laser mirrors relies on the interference between the continuum of waveguide …