Simple Summary Ionising radiation affects electronic circuits as well as living beings and
has been a major concern for various critical applications such as healthcare, mining …

A review of silicon photonics for space applications is presented. The benefits and
advantages of size, weight, power, and cost (SWaP-C) metrics inherent to silicon photonics …

Optical single-event transients (OSETs) were measured for the first time in integrated silicon-
photonic waveguides. A custom test fixture and novel experimental setup were used at the …

The past decade has witnessed the fast development of silicon photonics. Their superior
performance compared with the electronic counterpart has made the silicon photonic device …

Photonic ring resonators can be considered building blocks of new concept satellite
payloads for implementing several functions, such as filtering and sensing. In particular, the …

Pulsed-laser-induced single-event current measurements on two geometries of waveguide-
integrated germanium photodiodes were conducted over a range of operating voltages to …

Silicon photonics is considered to be an ideal solution as optical interconnect in radiation
environments. Our previous study has demonstrated experimentally that radiation responses …

The effects of 14-MeV neutron displacement damage (DD) on waveguide (WG)-integrated
germanium-on-silicon pin photodiodes (PDs) for silicon photonics have been investigated …

A computationally efficient approach for estimating the impact of a 3-D distribution of carriers
on an optical signal propagating within a waveguide is outlined and incorporated into a …

Photonic integrated circuits (PICs) are a promising platform for space applications. In
particular, they have the potential to reduce the cost, size, weight, and power (C-SWaP) …