With the emerging trend of big data and internet of things, silicon (Si) photonics technology
has been developed and applied for high‐bandwidth data transmission. Contributed by the …

Optical devices are necessary to meet the anticipated future requirements for ultrafast and
ultrahigh bandwidth communication and computing. All optical information processing can …

The combination of nonlinear and integrated photonics enables Kerr frequency comb
generation in stable chip-based micro-resonators. Such a comb system will revolutionize …

Efficient and reliable on-chip optical amplifiers and light sources would enable versatile
integration of various active functionalities on the silicon platform. Although lasing on silicon …

The unique ability of slot and sub-wavelength grating (SWG) waveguides to confine light
outside of the waveguide core material has attracted significant interest in their application to …

Organic materials combined with strongly guiding silicon waveguides open the route to
highly efficient electro-optical devices. Modulators based on the so-called silicon-organic …

Gallium arsenide and related compound semiconductors lie at the heart of optoelectronics
and integrated laser technologies. Shaped at the micro-and nanoscale, they allow strong …

Submicron scale structures with high index contrast are key to compact structures for
realizing photonic integrated structures. Ultra-compact optical devices in silicon-on-insulator …

A detailed analysis of fundamental tradeoffs between ring radius and coupling gap size is
presented to draw realistic borders of the possible design space for microring resonators …

Silk fibers are expected to become a pathway to biocompatible and bioresorbable
waveguides, which could be used to deliver localized optical power for various applications …