As a fundamental optical approach to interferometry, Sagnac interference has been widely
used for reflection manipulation, precision measurements, and spectral engineering in …

Optical technology is poised to revolutionize short-reach interconnects. The leading
candidate technology is silicon photonics, and the workhorse of such an interconnect is the …

Silicon photonics could enable a chip-scale platform for monolithic integration of optics and
microelectronics for applications of optical interconnects in which high data streams are …

This invention provides fundamental science and novel device architectures for surface
plasmon (SP)-based, comple mentary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS)-compatible …

A method and an apparatus providing an optical input/output bus in an integrated circuit by
optically routing input/output signals between integrated circuit nodes. In one embodiment …

Electrical interconnects are becoming a bottleneck in the way towards meeting future
performance requirements of integrated circuits. Moore's law, which observes the doubling …

We propose and analyze an electrically modulated silicon-on-insulator (SOI) submicrometer-
size high-index-contrast waveguide. The geometry of the waveguide provides high lateral …

Ever since the earliest research on optical circuits, dating back to the 1970s, there have
been visions of an optical superchip (see for example, containing a variety of integrated …

Electro-optic modulators are one of the most critical components in optoelectronic
integration, and decreasing their size may enable novel chip architectures not previously …

In this paper, we propose and analyze a novel compact electrooptic modulator on a silicon-
on-insulator (SOI) rib waveguide. The device confines both optical field and charge carriers …