Ultra-low-threshold continuous-wave and pulsed lasing in tensile-strained GeSn alloys

A Elbaz, D Buca, N von den Driesch, K Pantzas… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Strained GeSn alloys are promising for realizing light emitters based entirely on group IV
elements. Here, we report GeSn microdisk lasers encapsulated with a SiN x stressor layer to …

Optics in computing: From photonic network-on-chip to chip-to-chip interconnects and disintegrated architectures

T Alexoudi, N Terzenidis, S Pitris… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Following a decade of radical advances in the areas of integrated photonics and computing
architectures, we discuss the use of optics in the current computing landscape attempting to …

Opportunities for integrated photonic neural networks

P Stark, F Horst, R Dangel, J Weiss, BJ Offrein - Nanophotonics, 2020 - degruyter.com
Photonics offers exciting opportunities for neuromorphic computing. This paper specifically
reviews the prospects of integrated optical solutions for accelerating inference and training …

GeSnOI mid-infrared laser technology

B Wang, E Sakat, E Herth, M Gromovyi… - Light: Science & …, 2021 - nature.com
GeSn alloys are promising materials for CMOS-compatible mid-infrared lasers
manufacturing. Indeed, Sn alloying and tensile strain can transform them into direct bandgap …

Design, theoretical, and experimental investigation of tensile-strained germanium quantum-well laser structure

MK Hudait, F Murphy-Armando… - ACS Applied …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Strain and band gap engineered epitaxial germanium (ε-Ge) quantum-well (QW) laser
structures were investigated on GaAs substrates theoretically and experimentally for the first …

High-speed CMOS-compatible III-V on Si membrane photodetectors

Y Baumgartner, D Caimi, M Sousa, M Hopstaken… - Optics …, 2020 - opg.optica.org
The monolithic integration of power-efficient optoelectronic devices with CMOS circuits is
critical for future on-chip optical communication. In such platforms, ultra-high-speed …

High carrier lifetimes in epitaxial germanium–tin/Al (In) As heterostructures with variable tin compositions

MK Hudait, SW Johnston, MB Clavel… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Group IV-based germanium–tin (Ge1− ySny) compositional materials have recently shown
great promise for infrared detection, light emission and ultra-low power transistors. High …

3D integrated laser attach technology on a 300-mm monolithic CMOS silicon photonics platform

Y Bian, K Ramachandran, ZJ Wu… - IEEE Journal of …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Enabling cost-effective and power-efficient laser source on a silicon photonics (SiPh)
platform is a major goal that has been highly sought after. In the past two decades …

[HTML][HTML] THz intersubband electroluminescence from n-type Ge/SiGe quantum cascade structures

D Stark, M Mirza, L Persichetti, M Montanari… - Applied Physics …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
We report electroluminescence originating from L-valley transitions in n-type Ge/Si 0.15 Ge
0.85 quantum cascade structures centered at 3.4 and 4.9 THz with a line broadening of Δ …

Design of Si-rich nitride interposer waveguides for efficient light coupling from InP-based QD-emitters to Si3N4 waveguides on a silicon substrate

D Chatzitheocharis, D Ketzaki, C Calò, C Caillaud… - Optics …, 2020 - opg.optica.org
In this paper, we present a systematic analysis for the design of Si-rich-nitride (SRN) based
interposer waveguide layers interfacing InP-based devices and Si_3N_4 waveguides …