Integrated silicon photonics for enabling next-generation space systems

GN Tzintzarov, SG Rao, JD Cressler - Photonics, 2021 - mdpi.com
A review of silicon photonics for space applications is presented. The benefits and
advantages of size, weight, power, and cost (SWaP-C) metrics inherent to silicon photonics …

High energy radiation damage on silicon photonic devices: a review

Q Du - Optical Materials Express, 2023 - opg.optica.org
The past decade has witnessed the fast development of silicon photonics. Their superior
performance compared with the electronic counterpart has made the silicon photonic device …

Space-qualifying silicon photonic modulators and circuits

D Mao, L Chang, H Lee, AW Yu, BA Maruca… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Reducing the form factor while retaining the radiation hardness and performance matrix is
the goal of avionics. While a compromise between a transistor's size and its radiation …

Direct measurement of total-ionizing-dose-induced phase shifts in commercially available, integrated silicon-photonic waveguides

GN Tzintzarov, JW Teng, D Nergui… - … on Nuclear Science, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this work, integrated silicon-photonic waveguides are exposed to ionizing radiation. A
microbeam X-ray source was utilized to deliver an isolated dose to a waveguide that …

Radiation Effects on Si-Photonics Integrated Passive Devices: Post Irradiation Measurements

I Reghioua, S Girard, A Morana… - … on Nuclear Science, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We discussed the X-rays permanent radiation effects on a variety of passive components
developed using the silicon photonics platform of CEA-Leti. The objective is to assess the …

Effects of Gamma and Proton Irradiation on 100 Gbps Silicon Modulators

N Zhao, P Yin, C Qiu, Y Ding, D Bi, L Zhang… - ACS …, 2025 - ACS Publications
We investigated the impact of γ-rays and proton irradiation on the performance of high-
speed modulators by exposing four-channel 4× 100 Gbps silicon transmitter chips to both of …

Hardware assurance with silicon photonic physical unclonable functions

MA Mahdian, E Taheri, K Rahbardar Mojaver… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
In the modern landscape of optical communication networks, ensuring robust security is
increasingly critical, particularly for applications requiring seamless integration and minimal …

A Comparison of Total-Ionizing-Dose Effects in Silicon and Silicon-Nitride Waveguides

BL Ringel, JW Teng, M Hosseinzadeh… - … on Nuclear Science, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The total-ionizing-dose (TID) responses of silicon and low-loss silicon-nitride (SiN)
integrated waveguides are evaluated. Mach-Zehnder interferometers (MZIs), which allow for …

High energy irradiation effects on silicon photonic passive devices

Y Zhou, D Bi, S Wang, L Wu, Y Huang, E Zhang… - Optics …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
In this work, the radiation responses of silicon photonic passive devices built in silicon-on-
insulator (SOI) technology are investigated through high energy neutron and^ 60Co γ-ray …

Single-event transient response of vertical and lateral waveguide-integrated Germanium photodiodes

LD Ryder, KL Ryder, AL Sternberg… - … on Nuclear Science, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Pulsed-laser-induced single-event current measurements on two geometries of waveguide-
integrated germanium photodiodes were conducted over a range of operating voltages to …