Silicon photonics for high-capacity data communications

Y Shi, Y Zhang, Y Wan, Y Yu, Y Zhang, X Hu… - Photonics …, 2022‏ - opg.optica.org
In recent years, optical modulators, photodetectors,(de) multiplexers, and heterogeneously
integrated lasers based on silicon optical platforms have been verified. The performance of …

Optical single-sideband transmitters

T Bo, H Kim, Z Tan, Y Dong - Journal of lightwave technology, 2022‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Optical single-sideband (SSB) transmission technique fills the gap between intensity-
modulation/direct-detection (IM/DD) and digital coherent transmission technologies. It …

An integrated CMOS–silicon photonics transmitter with a 112 gigabaud transmission and picojoule per bit energy efficiency

K Li, DJ Thomson, S Liu, W Zhang, W Cao… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
The widening application of advanced digital infrastructure requires the development of
communications technologies with increased data transmission rates. However, ensuring …

Highly reconfigurable silicon integrated microwave photonic filter towards next-generation wireless communication

Z Tao, Y Tao, M **, J Qin, R Chen, B Shen… - Photonics …, 2023‏ - opg.optica.org
Integrated microwave photonic filters (IMPFs) are capable of offering unparalleled
performances in terms of superb spectral fineness, broadband, and more importantly, the …

On-chip silicon electro-optical modulator with ultra-high extinction ratio for fiber-optic distributed acoustic sensing

Z Cheng, X Shu, L Ma, B Chen, C Li, C Sun… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Ultra-high extinction ratio (ER) optical modulation is crucial for achieving high-performance
fiber-optic distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) for various applications. Bulky acousto-optical …

Systematic investigation of millimeter-wave optic modulation performance in thin-film lithium niobate

Y Zhang, L Shao, J Yang, Z Chen, K Zhang… - Photonics …, 2022‏ - opg.optica.org
Millimeter-wave (mmWave) band (30–300 GHz) is an emerging spectrum range for wireless
communication, short-range radar, and sensor applications. mmWave-optic modulators that …

Silicon electro-optic modulators based on microscopic photonic structures: From principles to advanced modulation formats

F Yu, Z Zeng, X Ji, K Tang, Y **n, G Wu… - Journal of Physics D …, 2023‏ - iopscience.iop.org
This paper reviews the progress of electro-optic modulators composed of silicon-based
microscopic photonic structures. The basic principles, device structures, and advanced …

Compact slow-light waveguide and modulator on thin-film lithium niobate platform

G Chen, H Wang, B Chen, Z Ruan, C Guo, K Chen… - …, 2023‏ - degruyter.com
Abstract Lithium niobate Mach–Zehnder modulators (MZMs) with compact footprint and fast
electro-optics (EO) responses are highly demanded for the next-generation optical …

High-speed optical fiber communication in China

J Yu, Y Wu - ACS Photonics, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
In the past decade, China has made great investments in studying photonics and
photocommunication with larger communication capacity, better performance, and lower …

Aluminum nitride thin film based reconfigurable integrated photonic devices

Z Luo, A Zhang, W Huang, S Shao… - IEEE Journal of …, 2023‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the past few decades, silicon photonics with complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor
(CMOS) process compatibility has been well developed and successfully applied to …