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Optical Frequency Comb-Based Photonic Sampling for Microwave Characterization of Wafer-Level Silicon Photonic Transceiver Chips

19 hours ago4 min read

Optical Frequency Comb-Based Photonic Sampling for Microwave Characterization of Wafer-Level Silicon Photonic Transceiver Chips

Introduction Silicon photonic integrated circuits (PICs) have emerged as a promising solution for meeting the increasing bandwidth...

Broadband and Lossless 50:50 Directional Coupler Using Silicon Bent Waveguides

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2 days ago3 min read

Broadband and Lossless 50:50 Directional Coupler Using Silicon Bent Waveguides

Introduction Directional couplers (DCs) play a crucial role in silicon photonics, enabling versatile applications such as power...

Optical Beam Steering of Large-Scale Silicon Photonics Optical Phased Arrays

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3 days ago3 min read

Optical Beam Steering of Large-Scale Silicon Photonics Optical Phased Arrays

Introduction Optical phased arrays (OPAs) are at the core of solid-state light detection and ranging (LiDAR) systems, which have numerous...

Fabricating an Ultra-Efficient Silicon Grating Coupler for Fiber Optics

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5 days ago3 min read

Fabricating an Ultra-Efficient Silicon Grating Coupler for Fiber Optics

Introduction In the realm of silicon (Si) photonics, efficient coupling between on-chip waveguides and external optical fibers or lasers...

Enhancing Energy Transfer in Hybrid Photonic Integration using Grating-Assisted Codirectional Couplers

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7 days ago3 min read

Enhancing Energy Transfer in Hybrid Photonic Integration using Grating-Assisted Codirectional Couplers

Abstract Hybrid integration of active III-V materials on a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) platform has been extensively explored in recent...

Achieving Beyond 300Gb/s with an Integrated CMOS Silicon Photonics Transmitter

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Jan 13 min read

Achieving Beyond 300Gb/s with an Integrated CMOS Silicon Photonics Transmitter

Introduction The ever-increasing demand for higher data rates in optical communications has driven researchers to explore new techniques...

Designing High-Efficiency and Fabrication-Tolerant Bi-Layer Grating Couplers for Silicon Photonics

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Dec 31, 20244 min read

Designing High-Efficiency and Fabrication-Tolerant Bi-Layer Grating Couplers for Silicon Photonics

Introduction Silicon photonics, which leverages the well-established CMOS fabrication processes, has emerged as a promising platform for...

Introducing the PhAST-Gate: A Novel All-Optical Silicon Photonics Logic Gate

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Dec 30, 20244 min read

Introducing the PhAST-Gate: A Novel All-Optical Silicon Photonics Logic Gate

Introduction As the energy efficiency of digital silicon electronics reaches its limits due to the "End of Moore's Law", the demand for...

Optimized Polarization Insensitive Grating Antenna in the SOI Platform

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Dec 27, 20243 min read

Optimized Polarization Insensitive Grating Antenna in the SOI Platform

Introduction Optical phased arrays (OPAs) are integrated photonic devices that enable the generation and dynamic steering of laser beams...

Global Optimization of Universal Unitary Photonic Integrated Circuits

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Dec 26, 20243 min read

Global Optimization of Universal Unitary Photonic Integrated Circuits

Introduction Universal unitary photonic integrated circuits (PICs) have the ability to perform arbitrary unitary transformations in the...

Millimeter-Long Antennas for Precise Environmental Scanning with Optical Phased Arrays

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Dec 25, 20244 min read

Millimeter-Long Antennas for Precise Environmental Scanning with Optical Phased Arrays

Introduction The increasing demand for high-precision optical sensors, such as those used in Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) systems...

High Performance Silicon Photonics Filters for Quantum Applications

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Dec 24, 20243 min read

High Performance Silicon Photonics Filters for Quantum Applications

Introduction Silicon photonics has emerged as a promising platform for integrated quantum optics due to its high index contrast, compact...

Hybrid Thin-Film Lithium Niobate and Silicon Photonics: A Powerful Integration

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Dec 23, 20243 min read

Hybrid Thin-Film Lithium Niobate and Silicon Photonics: A Powerful Integration

Introduction Integrated electro-optic modulators (EOMs) play a crucial role in modern photonic systems, enabling high-speed data...

Latitude Design Systems

Dec 20, 20243 min read

Fabricating an Ultra-Efficient Silicon Grating Coupler for Fiber Optics

Introduction In the realm of silicon (Si) photonics, efficient coupling between on-chip waveguides and external optical fibers or lasers...

Latitude Design Systems

Dec 19, 20243 min read

Enhancing Energy Transfer in Hybrid Photonic Integration using Grating-Assisted Codirectional Couplers

Abstract Hybrid integration of active III-V materials on a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) platform has been extensively explored in recent...

Latitude Design Systems

Dec 18, 20243 min read

Achieving Beyond 300Gb/s with an Integrated CMOS Silicon Photonics Transmitter

Introduction The ever-increasing demand for higher data rates in optical communications has driven researchers to explore new techniques...

Latitude Design Systems

Dec 17, 20244 min read

Designing High-Efficiency and Fabrication-Tolerant Bi-Layer Grating Couplers for Silicon Photonics

Introduction Silicon photonics, which leverages the well-established CMOS fabrication processes, has emerged as a promising platform for...

Latitude Design Systems

Dec 16, 20244 min read

Introducing the PhAST-Gate: A Novel All-Optical Silicon Photonics Logic Gate

Introduction As the energy efficiency of digital silicon electronics reaches its limits due to the "End of Moore's Law", the demand for...

Compact Silicon IQ Modulator for High-Speed Coherent Communications

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Dec 13, 20244 min read

Compact Silicon IQ Modulator for High-Speed Coherent Communications

Introduction The ever-increasing demand for higher data rates and more energy-efficient transceivers in data centers has driven the...

Achieving Wide Far-Field Beams with Ultra-Compact Silicon Optical Antennas

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Dec 12, 20243 min read

Achieving Wide Far-Field Beams with Ultra-Compact Silicon Optical Antennas

Introduction Optical beam steering plays a crucial role in silicon photonics, enabling dynamic control over light propagation direction....