Optical technology is poised to revolutionize short-reach interconnects. The leading
candidate technology is silicon photonics, and the workhorse of such an interconnect is the …

Mach–Zehnder optical modulators are the key devices for high-speed electrical-to-optical
conversion in Si photonics. Si rib waveguides with ap–n diode structure operated in the …

Silicon-organic hybrid integrated devices have emerging applications ranging from high-
speed optical interconnects to photonic electromagnetic-field sensors. Silicon slot photonic …

The accelerating increase in information traffic demands the expansion of optical access
network systems that require the cost reduction of optical and photonic components. Low …

We use slow-light photonic crystals to enhance optical switching and modulation in silicon.
By using dispersion-engineered designs, a switch as short as 5¿ m was achieved, in which …

We report the first experimental demonstration of 10 Gb/s modulation in a photonic crystal
silicon optical modulator. The device consists of a 200 μm-long SiO_2-clad photonic crystal …

The resonance frequency of an InAs quantum dot strongly coupled to a GaAs photonic-
crystal cavity was electrically controlled via the quadratic quantum confined Stark effect …

While current optical communication networks efficiently carry and process huge amounts of
digital information over large and medium distances, silicon photonics technology has the …

Two dimensional photonic crystal waveguides in high index materials enable integrated
optical devices with an extremely small geometrical footprint on the scale of micrometers …

In this paper, we review the history of 2-D photonic crystal slabs with a focus on point-defect
cavities that can simultaneously realize ultrasmall modal volumes and ultrahigh quality …