The performance of silicon photonic components and integrated circuits has improved
dramatically in recent years. As a key enabler, heterogeneous integration not only provides …

Silicon (Si) photonics is a disruptive technology on the fast track to revolutionise integrated
photonics. An indispensable branch thereof, heterogeneous Si integration, has also evolved …

The most-awaited convergence of microelectronics and photonics promises to bring about a
revolution for on-chip data communications and processing. Among all the optoelectronic …

Large scale data centers (DC) and high performance computing (HPC) systems require
more and more computing power at higher energy efficiency. They are already consuming …

Silicon photonics is becoming a mainstream data-transmission solution for next-generation
data centers, high-performance computers, and many emerging applications. The …

In the paper, we review our work on heterogeneous III-V-on-silicon photonic components
and circuits for applications in optical communication and sensing. We elaborate on the …

We report high output power and high-gain semiconductor optical amplifiers integrated on a
heterogeneous silicon/III-V photonics platform. The devices produce 25 dB of unsaturated …

Recently a novel photonic integration technology, based on a thin InP-based membrane, is
emerging. This technology offers monolithic integration of active and passive functions in a …

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 …

We review recent developments in directly modulated lasers (DMLs) with low operating
energy for datacom and computercom applications. Key issues are their operating energy …