Experimental demonstration of germanium-on-silicon slot waveguides at mid-infrared wavelength

J Lim, J Shim, DM Geum, S Kim - IEEE Photonics Journal, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We first demonstrated a slot waveguide based on a Ge-on-Si (GOS) platform with a 3 μm
thickness of the Ge in the mid-infrared wavelength range at 4.2 μm. We numerically …

High-sensitivity waveguide-integrated bolometer based on free-carrier absorption for Si photonic sensors

J Shim, J Lim, DM Geum, JB You, H Yoon, JP Kim… - Optics …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Conventional photon detectors necessarily face critical challenges regarding strong
wavelength-selective response and narrow spectral bandwidth, which are undesirable for …

TiOx/Ti/TiOx Tri-Layer Film-Based Waveguide Bolometric Detector for On-Chip Si Photonic Sensor

J Shim, J Lim, DM Geum, JB You… - … on Electron Devices, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we experimentally demonstrate an on-chip optical power monitoring at the
near-infrared spectral region (1520–1600 nm) using the waveguide bolometric detector with …

Improvement of extinction in optically-controlled silicon thermo-optic switch based on micro-ring resonator with distinct probe signal

Z Liang, S Liu, Y Shoji - Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Herein, an optically-controlled thermo-optic switch based on a micro-ring resonator is
proposed and demonstrated. The latter converts pump light to heat using a metal layer close …

[HTML][HTML] Mid-infrared silicon photonics: From benchtop to real-world applications

CJ Mitchell, T Hu, S Sun, CJ Stirling, M Nedeljkovic… - APL Photonics, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Silicon photonics is one of the most dynamic fields within photonics, and it has seen huge
progress in the last 20 years, addressing applications in data centers, autonomous cars, and …

Mid-wave infrared planar optical device via femtosecond laser ablation on a sulfur-based polymeric glass surface

F Liu, L Zhou, H Cheng, P Li, S Liu, S Mao… - Optical Materials …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Sulfur-based polymer materials are attractive for infrared (IR) applications, as they exhibit
profoundly high IR transparency, low temperature processability, and higher refractive index …

Multi-band microbolometer in CMOS technology

Y Liao, K Wang, W Zhou, F Yan, X Ji - Optics Express, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Multi-spectral imaging enhances the information diversity of the object with complex,
expensive, and low integrated components. Here, we demonstrated an antenna-coupled …

A spectrally selective visible microbolometer based on planar subwavelength thin films

Q Xu, Z Zhou, C Tan, X Pan, Z Wen, J Zhang… - Nanoscale …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
In this work, we experimentally demonstrate a new type of compact, low-cost, visible
microbolometer based on metal–insulator–metal (MIM) planar subwavelength thin films …

Light bullets in transparent dielectrics

VP Kandidov, ED Zaloznaya, AE Dormidonov… - Quantum …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper presents a retrospective analysis of the development of notions in nonlinear
optics: from beam self-focusing and pulse filamentation to light bullets–wave packets …

Room-temperature waveguide-integrated photodetector using bolometric effect for mid-infrared spectroscopy applications

J Shim, J Lim, I Kim, J Jeong, BH Kim, SK Kim… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Waveguide-integrated mid-infrared (MIR) photodetectors are pivotal components for
developing molecular spectroscopy applications, leveraging mature photonic integrated …