Survey and evaluation of space division multiplexing: From technologies to optical networks

GM Saridis, D Alexandropoulos… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Single-mode fiber's physical capacity boundaries will soon be reached; hence, alternative
solutions are much needed to overcome the multiplying and remarkably large bandwidth …

Ultra‐low loss waveguide platform and its integration with silicon photonics

MJR Heck, JF Bauters, ML Davenport… - Laser & Photonics …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Planar waveguides with ultra‐low optical propagation loss enable a plethora of passive
photonic integrated circuits, such as splitters and combiners, filters, delay lines, and …

Hybrid silicon photonic integrated circuit technology

MJR Heck, JF Bauters, ML Davenport… - IEEE Journal of …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we review the current status of the hybrid silicon photonic integration platform
with emphasis on its prospects for increased integration complexity. The hybrid silicon …

Zero-bias 40Gbit/s germanium waveguide photodetector on silicon

L Vivien, A Polzer, D Marris-Morini, J Osmond… - Optics express, 2012 - opg.optica.org
We report on lateral pin germanium photodetectors selectively grown at the end of silicon
waveguides. A very high optical bandwidth, estimated up to 120GHz, was evidenced in 10 …

Integrated waveguide coupled Si3N4 resonators in the ultrahigh-Q regime

DT Spencer, JF Bauters, MJR Heck, JE Bowers - Optica, 2014 - opg.optica.org
The vast majority of work on waveguide-coupled resonators focuses on decreasing losses in
the waveguide and coupling region. Here we present fully integrated resonators based on …

A monolithically integrated polarization entangled photon pair source on a silicon chip

N Matsuda, H Le Jeannic, H Fukuda, T Tsuchizawa… - Scientific reports, 2012 - nature.com
Integrated photonic circuits are one of the most promising platforms for large-scale photonic
quantum information systems due to their small physical size and stable interferometers with …

Silicon on ultra-low-loss waveguide photonic integration platform

JF Bauters, ML Davenport, MJR Heck, JK Doylend… - Optics express, 2013 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate a novel integrated silicon and ultra-low-loss Si_3N_4 waveguide platform.
Coupling between layers is achieved with (0.4±0.2) dB of loss per transition and a 20 nm 3 …

Germanium avalanche receiver for low power interconnects

L Virot, P Crozat, JM Fédéli, JM Hartmann… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Recent advances in silicon photonics have aided the development of on-chip
communications. Power consumption, however, remains an issue in almost all integrated …

Low-loss silicon nitride AWG demultiplexer heterogeneously integrated with hybrid III–V/silicon photodetectors

M Piels, JF Bauters, ML Davenport… - Journal of lightwave …, 2014 - opg.optica.org
A unique and novel platform that combines III–V and silicon photonic components with ultra-
low loss silicon nitride waveguides for monolithic integration of novel photonic circuits is …

CMOS compatible monolithic multi-layer Si3N4-on-SOI platform for low-loss high performance silicon photonics dense integration

Y Huang, J Song, X Luo, TY Liow, GQ Lo - Optics Express, 2014 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrated a low-loss CMOS-compatible multi-layer platform using monolithic back-
end-of-line (BEOL) integration. 0.8 dB/cm propagation loss is measured for the PECVD …