Silicon Photonics technology is rapidly maturing as a platform for larger‐scale photonic
circuits. As a result, the associated design methodologies are also evolving from component …

We first optimize the design and compare the performance of thermo-optic phase-shifters
based on TiN metal and N_++ doped silicon, in the same SOI process. The designs don't …

We present a comparison of integrated heaters for silicon photonics, based on doped
silicon, silicide and tungsten metallization, with and without trenches and undercut for …

We look at the opportunities presented by the new concepts of generic programmable
photonic integrated circuits (PIC) to deploy photonics on a larger scale. Programmable PICs …

Ring modulators for silicon photonic (SiPho) optical transceivers are extremely thermally
sensitive and require thermal tuning for stable operation. This tuning is achieved with …

Over the past decade, significant advancements in high-resolution imaging technology have
been driven by the miniaturization of pixels within image sensors. However, this reduction in …

An analytic model is developed to study the dynamic response of carrier-depletion silicon
ring modulators. Its validity is confirmed by a detailed comparison between the modeled and …

In the European project MORPHIC we develop a platform for programmable silicon photonic
circuits enabled by waveguide-integrated micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) …

We demonstrate a time-multiplexed row-column addressing scheme to drive thermo-optic
phase shifters in a silicon photonic circuit. By integrating a diode in series with the heater …

Thermo-optical tuning of the refractive index is one of the pivotal operations performed in
integrated silicon photonic circuits for thermal stabilization, compensation of fabrication …