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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...

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Dec 23, 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 20, 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 19, 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 18, 20243 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 17, 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...

Latitude Design Systems
Dec 16, 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...

Latitude Design Systems
Dec 13, 20244 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....

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Dec 12, 20243 min read


Photonic Cryptographic Circuits: Implementing Substitution Boxes with Silicon Photonics
Introduction With the rapid development of photonic computing infrastructures, such as those for photonic disaggregated computing,...

Latitude Design Systems
Dec 11, 20243 min read


Integrated SiGe Electro-Optical Modulator for Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy
Introduction The mid-infrared (mid-IR) spectral range, spanning wavelengths from approximately 3 to 20 μm, is of great interest for...

Latitude Design Systems
Dec 10, 20244 min read


MEMS-Enabled Movable Cladding Phase Shifter for Silicon Nitride Photonics
Introduction Phase shifters are critical building blocks for optical signal processing in photonic integrated circuits (PICs). In recent...

Latitude Design Systems
Dec 9, 20243 min read


Achieving Reversible and Non-Volatile Optical Phase Shifts in Silicon Nitride Waveguides
Introduction Silicon nitride (SiN) is a promising material for integrated photonic circuits due to its transparency across the visible...

Latitude Design Systems
Dec 6, 20243 min read


Digital Infrastructure Pivots on Silicon Photonics: An Overview
Introduction The exponential growth of global data traffic has been driving the development of optical fiber communication technology for...

Latitude Design Systems
Dec 5, 20243 min read


國立中正大學與Latitude Design Systems攜手培育矽光子設計新秀
在人工智慧與高速運算需求急遽成長的時代,矽光子技術已然成為突破傳統電子傳輸瓶頸的關鍵解決方案。在國立中正大學工學院副院長張國恩教授的邀請下,於2024年11月27日由Latitude Design Systems技術長陳昇祐博士在專題演講中分享最新矽光子設計技術與產業發展趨...

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Dec 4, 20242 min read


Preserving Ultra-Low Optical Loss in Silicon Nitride During Heterogeneous Laser Integration
Introduction Silicon nitride (Si3N4) photonics has emerged as a promising platform for various applications, including low-noise lasers,...

Latitude Design Systems
Dec 4, 20243 min read
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