Scaling capacity of fiber-optic transmission systems via silicon photonics

W Shi, Y Tian, A Gervais - Nanophotonics, 2020 - degruyter.com
The tremendous growth of data traffic has spurred a rapid evolution of optical
communications for a higher data transmission capacity. Next-generation fiber-optic …

Open-access silicon photonics: Current status and emerging initiatives

A Rahim, T Spuesens, R Baets… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Silicon photonics is widely acknowledged as a game-changing technology, driven by the
needs of datacom and telecom. Silicon photonics builds on highly capital-intensive …

Library of single-etch silicon nitride grating couplers for low-loss and fabrication-robust fiber-chip interconnection

R Korček, D Medina Quiroz, Q Wilmart, S Edmond… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Silicon nitride (Si3N4) waveguides become an appealing choice to realize complex
photonic integrated circuits for applications in telecom/datacom transceivers, sensing, and …

Broadband polarization beam splitter on a silicon nitride platform for O-band operation

S Guerber, C Alonso-Ramos… - IEEE Photonics …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Wideband polarization beam splitters (PBS) are a key building block in polarization
management circuits for wavelength division multiplexing applications. A broadband PBS on …

Advances in chip-integrated silicon-germanium photodetectors

D Benedikovič - Photodetectors, 2023 - Elsevier
Optical communication links call upon higher transmission speeds and lower energy
consumption while going down to shorter and shorter interconnect spans. This scaling …

Polarization independent and temperature tolerant AWG based on a silicon nitride platform

S Guerber, CA Alonso-Ramos, X Le Roux, N Vulliet… - Optics Letters, 2020 - opg.optica.org
A polarization tolerant optical receiver is a key building block for the development of
wavelength division multiplexing based high-speed optical data links. However, the design …

Analyzing the evanescent field ratio of ridge waveguide based on different material platforms for sensing applications

MA Butt - Journal of Optics, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
In this study, a comprehensive numerical investigation focusing on a ridge waveguide
composed of various material platforms is undertaken, including silicon-on-insulator (SOI) …

High density vertical optical interconnects for passive assembly

D Weninger, S Serna, A Jain, L Kimerling… - Optics Express, 2023 - opg.optica.org
The co-packaging of optics and electronics provides a potential path forward to achieving
beyond 50 Tbps top of rack switch packages. In a co-packaged design, the scaling of …

High-directionality SiN-assisted grating antenna for optical phased array

Z Wang, Y Yang, L Cui, L Yu, P Ma, S Luo, P Wang… - JOSA B, 2023 - opg.optica.org
In the realm of consumer electronics, automotive, and robotics, lidar has proven to be a
valuable technology. However, current lidar solutions such as mechanical …

Coupling strategy between high-index and mid-index micro-metric waveguides for O-band applications

I Skandalos, T Domínguez Bucio, L Mastronardi… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The integration of fast and power efficient electro-absorption modulators on silicon is of
utmost importance for a wide range of applications. To date, Franz-Keldysh modulators …