Polymers are promising materials for fabricating photonic integrated waveguide devices.
Versatile functional devices can be manufactured using a simple process, with low cost and …

We propose a novel concept for the implementation of 2-dimensional (2D) optical phased
arrays (OPAs) with end-fire waveguides as antenna elements (AEs), and we present its …

Germanium (Ge) nanostrip was embedded in a polymer and studied as a waveguide. The
measurements reveal that this new type of semiconductor/polymer heterogeneous …

We demonstrate a compact heterodyne Laser Doppler Vibrometer (LDV) based on the
realization of optical frequency shift in the silicon nitride photonic integration platform …

For wireless networks beyond 5G, directivity and reconfigurability of antennas are highly
relevant. Therefore, we propose a linear antenna array based on photodiodes operating at …

Mass-deployable implementations for quantum communication require compact, reliable,
and low-cost hardware solutions for photon generation, control and analysis. We present a …

We present the design and characterization of a microelectronic chip consisting of 32
independent single-photon counting and multi-photon time-coincidence channels, based on …

A novel 16× 4 crossing-free waveguide routing network on four layers of polymer-based
stacked waveguides is presented. The design combines in-plane passive waveguide …

A reliable, but cost-effective generation of single-photon states is key for practical quantum
communication systems. For real-world deployment, waveguide sources offer optimum …

Laser transmission induced transparency (LTIT) has been observed in a polymer waveguide
using commercial perfluorinated acrylate-based materials when a continuous-wave laser at …