[HTML][HTML] Nonlinear Group IV photonics based on silicon and germanium: from near-infrared to mid-infrared

L Zhang, AM Agarwal, LC Kimerling, J Michel - Nanophotonics, 2014 - degruyter.com
Group IV photonics hold great potential for nonlinear applications in the near-and mid-
infrared (IR) wavelength ranges, exhibiting strong nonlinearities in bulk materials, high index …

Recent progress of supercontinuum generation in nanophotonic waveguides

Y Fang, C Bao, SA Li, Z Wang, W Geng… - Laser & Photonics …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Supercontinuum (SC) has opened up possibilities for numerous applications in optical
communications, signal processing, metrology, and spectroscopy. Supercontinuum …

Bistable all‐optical devices based on nonlinear epsilon‐near‐zero (ENZ) materials

J Gosciniak, Z Hu, M Thomaschewski… - Laser & Photonics …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Nonlinear and bistable optical systems are a key enabling technology for the next
generation optical networks and photonic neural systems with many potential applications in …

Ultrafast all-optical switching in a silicon-nanocrystal-based silicon slot waveguide at telecom wavelengths

A Martínez, J Blasco, P Sanchis, JV Galán… - Nano …, 2010 - ACS Publications
We demonstrate experimentally all-optical switching on a silicon chip at telecom
wavelengths. The switching device comprises a compact ring resonator formed by horizontal …

Sub-wavelength plasmonic modes in a conductor-gap-dielectric system with a nanoscale gap

I Avrutsky, R Soref, W Buchwald - Optics Express, 2010 - opg.optica.org
We study guided modes in a conductor-gap-dielectric (CGD) system that includes a low-
index dielectric gap layer of deep sub-wavelength thickness sandwiched between a …

Influence of BaTiO3 ferroelectric orientation for electro-optic modulation on silicon

P Castera, D Tulli, AM Gutierrez, P Sanchis - Optics express, 2015 - opg.optica.org
The influence of BaTiO_3 ferroelectric domain orientations for high efficiency electro-optic
modulation has been thoroughly analyzed. The Mach-Zehnder modulator structure is based …

On‐Chip Light–Atom Interactions: Physics and Applications

W Wang, Y Xu, Z Chai - Advanced Photonics Research, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The large volumes induced by complex free‐space optical paths pose a challenge to
quantum precision measurement and optical communication in traditional optics …

Hybrid photonic-plasmonic cavity design for very large purcell factors at telecommunication wavelengths

A Barreda, L Mercadé, M Zapata-Herrera, J Aizpurua… - Physical Review …, 2022 - APS
Hybrid photonic-plasmonic cavities can be tailored to display high Q factors and extremely
small mode volumes simultaneously, which ultimately results in large values of the Purcell …

Effective mode area and its optimization in silicon-nanocrystal waveguides

ID Rukhlenko, M Premaratne, GP Agrawal - Optics letters, 2012 - opg.optica.org
We revisit the problem of the optimization of a silicon-nanocrystal (Si-NC) waveguide,
aiming to attain the maximum field confinement inside its nonlinear core and to ensure …

Nanoelectromechanical Tuning of High-Q Slot Metasurfaces

T Zheng, H Kwon, A Faraon - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Nanoelectromechanical devices have been used widely in many applications across
photonics, electronics, and acoustics. Their incorporation into metasurface systems could be …