Epsilon-near-zero photonics: infinite potentials

J Wu, ZT Xie, Y Sha, HY Fu, Q Li - Photonics Research, 2021 - opg.optica.org
With its unique and exclusive linear and nonlinear optical characteristics, epsilon-near-zero
(ENZ) photonics has drawn a tremendous amount of attention in the recent decade in the …

A review of capabilities and scope for hybrid integration offered by silicon-nitride-based photonic integrated circuits

F Gardes, A Shooa, G De Paoli, I Skandalos, S Ilie… - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this review we present some of the recent advances in the field of silicon nitride photonic
integrated circuits. The review focuses on the material deposition techniques currently …

100 GHz micrometer-compact broadband monolithic ITO Mach–Zehnder interferometer modulator enabling 3500 times higher packing density

Y Gui, BM Nouri, M Miscuglio, R Amin, H Wang… - …, 2022 - degruyter.com
Electro-optic modulators provide a key function in optical transceivers and increasingly in
photonic programmable application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) for machine learning …

A deep learning method for empirical spectral prediction and inverse design of all-optical nonlinear plasmonic ring resonator switches

E Adibnia, MA Mansouri-Birjandi, M Ghadrdan… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
All-optical plasmonic switches (AOPSs) utilizing surface plasmon polaritons are well-suited
for integration into photonic integrated circuits (PICs) and play a crucial role in advancing all …

Electrically tunable high-quality factor silicon microring resonator gated by high mobility conductive oxide

WC Hsu, C Zhen, AX Wang - ACS Photonics, 2021 - ACS Publications
Silicon microring resonators play pivotal roles in photonic integration circuits due to the
advantages of low power consumption, high bandwidth, and ultracompact size. However …

Optical modulation via guided-mode resonance in an ITO-loaded distributed Bragg reflector topped with a two-dimensional grating

S Vatani, H Taleb… - IEEE Journal of Selected …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We are reporting the design procedure for a narrow-band ultra-low-power reflective optical
modulator that operates at the critical coupling of an appropriately designed two …

Thermo-optic epsilon-near-zero effects

J Wu, M Clementi, C Huang, F Ye, H Fu, L Lu… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Nonlinear epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) nanodevices featuring vanishing permittivity and CMOS-
compatibility are attractive solutions for large-scale-integrated systems-on-chips. Such …

Comparison study of multi-slot designs in epsilon-near-zero waveguide-based electro-optical modulators

Y Sha, J Wu, ZT Xie, HY Fu, Q Li - IEEE Photonics Journal, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a systematical comparative research on the modulation performance and the
optimization of the multi-slot waveguide modulator at the telecom wavelength of 1.55 μm. It …

Efficient optical modulation in ring structure based on Silicon-ITO heterojunction with low voltage and high extinction ratio

S Rajput, V Kaushik, L Singh, SK Pandey, P Babu… - Optics …, 2023 - Elsevier
We numerically propose a low voltage, high extinction ratio optical modulator with a tunable
group delay in a resonance enhanced ring resonator based on Silicon (Si)-Indium Tin Oxide …

Optimum fabrication parameters for preparing high performance SERS substrates based on Si pyramid structure and silver nanoparticles

NTN Thuy, HNT Luan, MTT Ngan, NT Trung, TTT Van - RSC …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
In this work, we propose simple and inexpensive methods to prepare micro/nano
hierarchical Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) substrates, in which pyramid …