Plasmonic, photonic, or hybrid? Reviewing waveguide geometries for electro-optic modulators

A Messner, D Moor, D Chelladurai, R Svoboda… - APL Photonics, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Electro-optic modulators are key elements in high-speed optical telecommunication links
and preferably rely on materials with a linear electro-optic effect. Choosing adequate …

Heterogeneous integration in silicon photonics: opportunities and challenges: opinion

R Baets, A Rahim - Optical Materials Express, 2023 - opg.optica.org
The application span of silicon photonics is rapidly evolving from high speed transceivers for
data-and telecommunication to a broad range of functionalities for many different markets …

Voltage-controlled nonlinear optical properties in gold nanofilms via electrothermal effect

C Lv, F Meng, L Cui, Y Jiao, Z Jia, W Qin… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Dynamic control of the optical properties of gold nanostructures is crucial for advancing
photonics technologies spanning optical signal processing, on-chip light sources and optical …

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 …

Sub-volt high-speed silicon MOSCAP microring modulator driven by high-mobility conductive oxide

WC Hsu, N Nujhat, B Kupp, JF Conley Jr… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Silicon microring modulator plays a critical role in energy-efficient optical interconnect and
optical computing owing to its ultra-compact footprint and capability for on-chip wavelength …

Perspectives of thin-film lithium niobate and electro-optic polymers for high-performance electro-optic modulation

M Wang, Y Chen, S Zhang, L Dong, H Yao… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI) and big data, are driving the
exponential growth of data traffic in fiber-optic communication networks. This surge in data …

[HTML][HTML] Insight into plasmonics: resurrection of modern-day science

MA Butt - Компьютерная оптика, 2024 - cyberleninka.ru
Plasmonics is a field of research and technology that focuses on the interaction between
light and free electrons in a metal structure called plasmon. The study of plasmonics has …

Plasmonic Modulators in Cryogenic Environment Featuring Bandwidths in Excess of 100 GHz and Reduced Plasmonic Losses

D Bisang, Y Horst, M Thürig, K Menachery… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Cryogenic quantum applications have a demand for an ever-higher number of interconnects
and bandwidth. Photonic links are foreseen to offer data transfer with high bandwidth, low …

High‐Resolution 2D Quasi‐Distributed Optical Sensing with On‐Chip Multiplexed FSR‐Free Nanobeam Cavity Array

R Tang, C Sun, K Bao, Z Chen, Z Ju… - Laser & Photonics …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
On‐chip free spectral range (FSR)‐free optical filter with a compact footprint is crucial for
developing emerging sensing applications, as it allows for the optimal utilization of extensive …

Ultra-compact exciton polariton modulator based on van der Waals semiconductors

SW Lee, JS Lee, WH Choi, D Choi, SH Gong - Nature communications, 2024 - nature.com
With the rapid emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) technology and the exponential growth
in data generation, there is an increasing demand for high-performance and highly …