MEMS for photonic integrated circuits

C Errando-Herranz, AY Takabayashi… - IEEE Journal of …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The field of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) for photonic integrated circuits (PICs)
is reviewed. This field leverages mechanics at the nanometer to micrometer scale to improve …

Long-range LiDAR and free-space data communication with high-performance optical phased arrays

CV Poulton, MJ Byrd, P Russo… - IEEE Journal of …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present high-performance integrated optical phased arrays along with first-of-their-kind
light detection and ranging (LiDAR) and free-space data communication demonstrators …

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 …

The AIM photonics MPW: A highly accessible cutting edge technology for rapid prototyping of photonic integrated circuits

NM Fahrenkopf, C McDonough… - IEEE Journal of …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Silicon photonics has been heralded for a number of high technology fields, but access to a
high quality technology has been limited to vertically integrated design/fabrication …

Sub-wavelength-pitch silicon-photonic optical phased array for large field-of-regard coherent optical beam steering

Y Zhang, YC Ling, K Zhang, C Gentry, D Sadighi… - Optics express, 2019 - opg.optica.org
This paper reports on large field-of-regard, high-efficiency, and large aperture active optical
phased arrays (OPAs) for optical beam steering in LIDAR systems. The fabricated 5 mm …

Visible-light silicon nitride waveguide devices and implantable neurophotonic probes on thinned 200 mm silicon wafers

WD Sacher, X Luo, Y Yang, FD Chen, T Lordello… - Optics express, 2019 - opg.optica.org
We present passive, visible light silicon nitride waveguides fabricated on≈ 100 µm thick 200
mm silicon wafers using deep ultraviolet lithography. The best-case propagation losses of …

Open-access silicon photonics platforms in Europe

A Rahim, J Goyvaerts, B Szelag… - IEEE Journal of …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Offering open-access silicon photonics-based technologies has played a pivotal role in
unleashing this technology from research laboratories to industry. Fabless enterprises rely …

Silicon-based graphene electro-optical modulators

M Jin, Z Wei, Y Meng, H Shu, Y Tao, B Bai, X Wang - Photonics, 2022 - mdpi.com
With the increasing demand for capacity in communications networks, the use of integrated
photonics to transmit, process and manipulate digital and analog signals has been …

MEMS-enabled silicon photonic integrated devices and circuits

N Quack, H Sattari, AY Takabayashi… - IEEE Journal of …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Photonic integrated circuits have seen a dramatic increase in complexity over the past
decades. This development has been spurred by recent applications in datacenter …

Multi-micron silicon photonics platform for highly manufacturable and versatile photonic integrated circuits

AJ Zilkie, P Srinivasan, A Trita… - IEEE Journal of …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We describe and characterize a multi-micron silicon photonics platform that was designed to
combine performance, power efficiency, manufacturability, and versatility for integrated …