Recent advances in light sources on silicon

Y Han, H Park, J Bowers, KM Lau - Advances in Optics and Photonics, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Realizing efficient on-chip light sources has long been the “holy-grail” for Si-photonics
research. Several important breakthroughs were made in this field in the past few years. In …

Hybrid integration of chipscale photonic devices using accurate transfer printing methods

JA Smith, D Jevtics, B Guilhabert, MD Dawson… - Applied Physics …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Transfer printing is becoming widely adopted as a back-end process for the hybrid
integration of photonic and electronic devices. Integration of membrane components, with …

[HTML][HTML] Present and future of micro-transfer printing for heterogeneous photonic integrated circuits

G Roelkens, J Zhang, L Bogaert, E Soltanian, M Billet… - APL Photonics, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
We present the current state of the art in micro-transfer printing for heterogeneously
integrated silicon photonic integrated circuits. The versatility of the technology is highlighted …

Integrated PbS colloidal quantum dot photodiodes on silicon nitride waveguides

C Pang, YH Deng, E Kheradmand, N Poonkottil… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Colloidal quantum dots (QDs) have become a versatile optoelectronic material for emitting
and detecting light that can overcome the limitations of a range of electronic and photonic …

Highly Accurate Docking of a Photonic Crystal Nanolaser to a SiNx Waveguide by Transfer Printing

TW Lu, YC Lin, PT Lee - ACS Photonics, 2023 - ACS Publications
We propose and demonstrate an improved method for transfer printing that allows for the
accurate docking of a photonic crystal nanobeam (NB) laser onto a SiN x waveguide. Our …

[HTML][HTML] Layer-scale and chip-scale transfer techniques for functional devices and systems: a review

Z Gong - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Hetero-integration of functional semiconductor layers and devices has received strong
research interest from both academia and industry. While conventional techniques such as …

Integration of edge-emitting quantum dot lasers with different waveguide platforms using micro-transfer printing

A Uzun, FB Atar, S Iadanza, R Loi… - IEEE Journal of …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
O-band InAs/GaAs Quantum Dot edge-emitting lasers are integrated onto a number of
waveguiding platforms using micro-transfer printing. These are deep recesses in 220 nm Si …

Freestanding germanium photonic crystal waveguide for a highly sensitive and compact mid-infrared on-chip gas sensor

I Kim, J Lim, J Shim, J Park, SY Ahn, H Lim… - ACS sensors, 2024 - ACS Publications
The performance of mid-infrared (MIR) on-chip gas sensors, operating via laser absorption
spectroscopy, hinges critically on light–matter interaction dynamics, significantly influenced …

Quantum dot lasers directly grown on 300 mm Si wafers: Planar and in-pocket

K Feng, C Shang, E Hughes, A Clark, R Koscica… - Photonics, 2023 - mdpi.com
We report for the first time the direct growth of quantum dot (QD) lasers with electrical
pumping on 300 mm Si wafers on both a planar template and in-pocket template for in-plane …

Low noise, tunable silicon photonic lasers

A Malik, C Xiang, L Chang, W Jin, J Guo… - Applied Physics …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Silicon photonics is a truly disruptive technology that has grown tremendously in the past
two decades. It has now become a recognized leader in the next generation of consumer …