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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 284 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....

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Jan 273 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...

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Jan 244 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...

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Jan 233 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...

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Jan 223 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...

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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...

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Jan 213 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...

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Jan 173 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...

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Jan 133 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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Jan 103 min read


High-Performance Integrated Spectrometer: A Game-Changer in Spectroscopy
Introduction Spectrometers play a crucial role in various applications, ranging from wearable healthcare devices to portable food...

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Jan 93 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...

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Jan 84 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...

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Jan 73 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...

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Jan 63 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...

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Jan 43 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...

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Jan 23 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...

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Jan 13 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...

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Dec 31, 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...

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Dec 30, 20244 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...

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Dec 27, 20243 min read
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