Taking silicon photonics modulators to a higher performance level: state-of-the-art and a review of new technologies

A Rahim, A Hermans, B Wohlfeil, D Petousi… - Advanced …, 2021 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Optical links are moving to higher and higher transmission speeds while shrinking to shorter
and shorter ranges where optical links are envisaged even at the chip scale. The scaling in …

Epitaxial ferroelectric oxide thin films for optical applications

D Sando, Y Yang, C Paillard, B Dkhil… - Applied Physics …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
The field of integrated optics is almost half a century old. Initially put forward by Miller in
1969 (Ref. 1), it proposed to use refractive index changes in glass substrates to create “laser …

Expanding the silicon photonics portfolio with silicon nitride photonic integrated circuits

A Rahim, E Ryckeboer, AZ Subramanian… - Journal of lightwave …, 2017 - opg.optica.org
The high index contrast silicon-on-insulator platform is the dominant CMOS compatible
platform for photonic integration. The successful use of silicon photonic chips in optical …

Nanophotonic Pockels modulators on a silicon nitride platform

K Alexander, JP George, J Verbist, K Neyts… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Silicon nitride (SiN) is emerging as a competitive platform for CMOS-compatible integrated
photonics. However, active devices such as modulators are scarce and still lack in …

Effect of intrinsic point defects on ferroelectric polarization behavior of

K Klyukin, V Alexandrov - Physical Review B, 2017 - APS
The effect of a variety of intrinsic defects and defect clusters in bulk and thin films of SrTiO 3
on ferroelectric polarization and switching mechanisms is investigated by means of density …

Multi-electrode tunable liquid crystal lenses with one lithography step

J Beeckman, TH Yang, I Nys, JP George, TH Lin… - Optics Letters, 2018 - opg.optica.org
Electrically tunable lenses offer the possibility to control the focal distance by applying an
electric field. Different liquid crystal tunable lenses have been demonstrated. In order to …

Light modulation in Silicon photonics by PZT actuated acoustic waves

I Ansari, JP George, GF Feutmba, T Van de Veire… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Tailoring the interaction between light and sound has opened new possibilities in photonic
integrated circuits (PICs) that range from achieving quantum control of light to high-speed …

The revolution of silicon photonics

M Lipson - Nature Materials, 2022 - nature.com
The success of silicon photonics is a product of two decades of innovations. This photonic
platform is enabling novel research fields and novel applications ranging from remote …

Low driving voltage and low optical loss electro-optic modulators based on lead zirconate titanate thin film on silicon substrate

D Ban, G Liu, H Yu, Y Wu, F Qiu - Journal of Lightwave …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Heterogeneous integration of electro-optic (EO) crystal thin film on insulator has become an
attractive platform to achieve high-performance and compact modulators. While there has …

Superconducting HfO2-YBa2Cu3O7−δ Nanocomposite Films Deposited Using Ink-Jet Printing of Colloidal Solutions

H Rijckaert, P Cayado, R Nast, J Diez Sierra, M Erbe… - Coatings, 2019 - mdpi.com
To reduce the fabrication costs while maximizing the superconducting and pinning
properties of YBa2Cu3O7− δ (YBCO) nanocomposite films, the drop-on-demand ink-jet …