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Understanding the Dynamic and Static Extinction Ratios of Germanium Electro-Absorption Modulators
Introduction Germanium electro-absorption modulators (Ge EAMs) are promising candidates for energy-efficient and high-speed optical...
Latitude Design Systems
1 day ago3 min read
Enhancing Responsivity with the Franz-Keldysh Effect in Ge Strip Photodetectors
Introduction Germanium (Ge) is a key material for near-infrared photodetectors in silicon (Si) photonics due to its suitable bandgap for...
Latitude Design Systems
3 days ago3 min read
Few-GHz Repetition Rate Optical Frequency Combs in III-V/SiN Hybrid Lasers
Introduction Optical frequency combs (OFCs) are a rapidly developing area in photonics research, with applications ranging from molecular...
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4 days ago4 min read
Bandwidth Enhancement in GeSn-on-Si Avalanche Photodiodes for High-Speed Short-Wave Infrared Detection
Introduction The demand for high-performance detectors capable of detecting weak light signals in the short-wave infrared (SWIR) region...
Latitude Design Systems
Jan 313 min read
Optical Interconnects: The Path to 1 Tbps and Beyond
Introduction As data demands continue to increase exponentially, conventional electrical interconnects face fundamental limits in power...
Latitude Design Systems
Jan 303 min read
Extended InGaAs Photodiode Integrated on SOI Waveguide Circuit for 2 μm Waveband
Introduction The short-wave infrared (SWIR) wavelength range from 2-2.5 μm holds great potential for sensing applications due to the...
Latitude Design Systems
Jan 293 min read
High-Speed Low-Voltage Silicon Microring Modulator Driven by Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Capacitor
Introduction Silicon microring modulators (Si-MRMs) are essential components in high-bandwidth optical interconnects. Traditional Si-MRMs...
Latitude Design Systems
Jan 284 min read
Polarization-Diverse CWDM Silicon Photonic Receiver: A Tutorial
Introduction The exponential growth of data traffic in data centers, fueled by emerging data-hungry applications like machine learning...
Latitude Design Systems
Jan 273 min read
A Record-Breaking 170 Gbaud On-Off-Keying Silicon Photonics Link
Introduction Silicon photonics (SiP) is a key enabling technology for future high-speed optical interconnects and communications systems....
Latitude Design Systems
Jan 244 min read
Scaling Silicon Photonics-based Laser Doppler Vibrometry with Multi-Beam Frequency Shifters
Introduction Laser Doppler vibrometry (LDV) is a powerful technique for remotely detecting vibrations in diverse applications such as...
Latitude Design Systems
Jan 233 min read
Compact Silicon-Lithium Niobate Photonic Crystal Modulator via Micro-Transfer Printing
Introduction Lithium niobate (LN) has long been a preferred material for electro-optic modulators due to its excellent Pockels effect and...
Latitude Design Systems
Jan 223 min read
Polarization-Insensitive Tunable Silicon Photonic Optical Filters for High-Speed Data Centers
Introduction The exponential growth of data traffic has driven the widespread adoption of high-speed Dense Wavelength-Division...
Latitude Design Systems
Jan 213 min read
Enabling Wafer-Level and Chip-Level Testing for Silicon Photonic Integrated Circuits
Introduction Silicon photonic integrated circuits (Si PICs) have gained significant attention due to their potential for high-performance...
Latitude Design Systems
Jan 213 min read
DSP- and DAC-Free Optical Transmitter Using Triple-Parallel MZMs
Introduction Recent data centers and high-performance computers require high-speed and low-power optical interconnects to support...
Latitude Design Systems
Jan 173 min read
Unveiling the Frequency Response of Silicon Ring Modulators for Coherent Transmitters
Introduction Silicon photonics has emerged as a promising technology for enabling high-performance, cost-effective, and compact photonic...
Latitude Design Systems
Jan 163 min read
Rapid Wavelength Tracking with Silicon Photonics
Introduction For emerging applications like light detection and ranging (LiDAR), biomedical sensing, imaging, and optical communications,...
Latitude Design Systems
Jan 153 min read
Polarization Control in Silicon Nitride Photonics for Near-Infrared Applications
Introduction The silicon nitride (SiN) platform has emerged as a promising candidate for integrated photonics due to its low propagation...
Latitude Design Systems
Jan 144 min read
High-Resolution Multimode Fiber Imaging with Wavelength-Scanned Integrated Optical Phased Array
Introduction Multimode fibers (MMFs) are promising for minimally-invasive endoscopy applications due to their capability of realizing...
Latitude Design Systems
Jan 133 min read
K-clock Interferometer Silicon Photonics LiDAR
Introduction LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) technology is being extensively developed for 3D imaging applications like autonomous...
Latitude Design Systems
Jan 103 min read
Wavelength Division Multiplexing with Modal-Engineered Bragg Filters
Introduction Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) is a key technology for applications in optical communications and quantum...
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