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Photonic-Electronic Integrated Circuits for High-Performance Computing and AI Accelerators

Oct 76 min read

Photonic-Electronic Integrated Circuits for High-Performance Computing and AI Accelerators

Introduction In recent decades, the demand for computational power has surged, particularly with the rapid expansion of artificial...

Reconfigurable Photonic Circuits: Harnessing Multimode Waveguides

Latitude Design Systems

Sep 203 min read

Reconfigurable Photonic Circuits: Harnessing Multimode Waveguides

Introduction Photonic integrated circuits (PICs) have emerged as a pioneering technology, enabling high-speed data transmission, quantum...

Alternative Fabrication Method for High-Bandwidth Germanium Fin Photodiodes

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Aug 63 min read

Alternative Fabrication Method for High-Bandwidth Germanium Fin Photodiodes

Introduction Germanium (Ge) photodiodes are essential components in silicon-based high-speed optoelectronics, and there has been a...

Realizing High-Performance Waveguide Resonators with Nanoimprint Lithography

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Jul 223 min read

Realizing High-Performance Waveguide Resonators with Nanoimprint Lithography

Introduction Waveguide resonators are crucial components in photonic integrated circuits (PICs), enabling functionalities such as...

Bound States in the Continuum (BIC) Guided Modes in Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs)

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Jul 56 min read

Bound States in the Continuum (BIC) Guided Modes in Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs)

Introduction Photonic integrated circuits (PICs) are miniaturized optical devices that integrate multiple photonic functions onto a...

Integrated Optical Phased Array with On-Chip Amplification for Programmable Beam Shaping

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Jun 255 min read

Integrated Optical Phased Array with On-Chip Amplification for Programmable Beam Shaping

Introduction Optical phased arrays (OPAs) are an emerging technology that enables beam forming and steering in free space without any...

Co-Packaged Optics: Heterogeneous Integration of Photonic IC and Electronic IC

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May 284 min read

Co-Packaged Optics: Heterogeneous Integration of Photonic IC and Electronic IC

Introduction The demand for high-speed data transmission and processing is rapidly increasing due to emerging technologies such as...

Precise Waveguide Loss Extraction using Wafer-Level OFDR for Optical Process Control Monitoring

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May 243 min read

Precise Waveguide Loss Extraction using Wafer-Level OFDR for Optical Process Control Monitoring

Introduction In the manufacturing of silicon-based photonic integrated circuits (Si-PICs), monitoring fabrication variations that affect...

High Power Tunable Laser using CMOS Compatible Amplifier

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May 233 min read

High Power Tunable Laser using CMOS Compatible Amplifier

Introduction High power tunable lasers and amplifiers have numerous applications such as integrated LIDAR, coherent photonic RADAR,...

Programmable Photonic Circuits: A Compact Silicon Waveguide Mesh

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May 173 min read

Programmable Photonic Circuits: A Compact Silicon Waveguide Mesh

Introduction Silicon photonics has rapidly advanced, leveraging mature CMOS fabrication technology to deliver highly integrated optical...

SiN Photonic Integrated Circuit for Efficient Pump-Suppressed Nonlinear Signal Generation

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May 153 min read

SiN Photonic Integrated Circuit for Efficient Pump-Suppressed Nonlinear Signal Generation

Introduction Silicon nitride (SiN) has emerged as a promising platform for photonic integrated circuits (PICs) due to its exceptional...

Programmable Line-by-Line Pulse Shaping with a Microresonator-Based Spectral Shaper

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May 134 min read

Programmable Line-by-Line Pulse Shaping with a Microresonator-Based Spectral Shaper

Introduction Optical pulse shapers that can modify the spectral phase and amplitude of an optical signal play a crucial role in various...

Enabling Direct-Drive 224 Gbps/λ PAM4 and 112 Gbps/λ NRZ Transmission with FOWLP Electronic-Photonic Integration

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May 73 min read

Enabling Direct-Drive 224 Gbps/λ PAM4 and 112 Gbps/λ NRZ Transmission with FOWLP Electronic-Photonic Integration

Introduction The ever-increasing demand for energy-efficient and low-latency optical interconnects in AI/ML clusters and hyperscale data...

High-Efficiency Metamaterial-Engineered Grating Couplers for Silicon Nitride Photonics

Jamie Su

May 22 min read

High-Efficiency Metamaterial-Engineered Grating Couplers for Silicon Nitride Photonics

Introduction Efficient optical coupling between optical fibers and integrated photonic chips is crucial for developing high-performance...

Silicon Photonics in 2024 Integrated Photonic Systems Roadmap

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Apr 55 min read

Silicon Photonics in 2024 Integrated Photonic Systems Roadmap

Introduction Silicon photonics is an emerging technology that builds photonic integrated circuits (PICs) directly on the mature silicon...

Nature Communications Update | Advancements in Silicon Photonics: Exploring the Deep Photonic Network Platform

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Feb 214 min read

Nature Communications Update | Advancements in Silicon Photonics: Exploring the Deep Photonic Network Platform

Introduction to Photonic Integrated Circuits Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs) represent a groundbreaking shift in how we approach data...

Packaging and Test Technologies for Integrated Photonics

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Feb 204 min read

Packaging and Test Technologies for Integrated Photonics

Introduction The rapid growth of integrated photonics (PIC) has led to numerous innovative solutions for various applications. However, a...

Expanding the Capabilities of Integrated Photonics

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Feb 138 min read

Expanding the Capabilities of Integrated Photonics

Abstract Photonic integrated circuits (PICs) have primarily been developed for telecommunications, but emerging applications create...

Integrated Photonics Modules for Enhanced Spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radars

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Feb 63 min read

Integrated Photonics Modules for Enhanced Spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radars

Abstract Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) is an important remote sensing technique for Earth observation from space. The EU-funded HORIZON...

Silicon Photonics 2023 Report by Yole Intelligence

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Nov 14, 20233 min read

Silicon Photonics 2023 Report by Yole Intelligence

Abstract Silicon photonics offers immense potential for developing highly integrated, scalable, and cost-effective photonic devices and...