Near-zero-index materials for photonics

N Kinsey, C DeVault, A Boltasseva… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
The discovery, design and development of materials are critically linked to advances in
many areas of research, and optics is no exception. Recently, the spectral region in which …

[HTML][HTML] Conductive nitrides: Growth principles, optical and electronic properties, and their perspectives in photonics and plasmonics

P Patsalas, N Kalfagiannis, S Kassavetis… - Materials Science and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The nitrides of most of the group IVb-Vb-VIb transition metals (TiN, ZrN, HfN, VN, NbN, TaN,
MoN, WN) constitute the unique category of conductive ceramics. Having substantial …

Electro-optic modulation in integrated photonics

G Sinatkas, T Christopoulos, O Tsilipakos… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Electro-optic modulators are an indispensable part of photonic communication systems,
largely dictating the achievable transmission rate. Recent advances in materials and …

Epsilon-near-zero Al-doped ZnO for ultrafast switching at telecom wavelengths

N Kinsey, C DeVault, J Kim, M Ferrera, VM Shalaev… - Optica, 2015 - opg.optica.org
Transparent conducting oxides have recently gained great attention as CMOS-compatible
materials for applications in nanophotonics due to their low optical loss, metal-like behavior …

Nanoscale conducting oxide PlasMOStor

HW Lee, G Papadakis, SP Burgos, K Chander… - Nano …, 2014 - ACS Publications
We experimentally demonstrate an ultracompact PlasMOStor, a plasmon slot waveguide
field-effect modulator based on a transparent conducting oxide active region. By electrically …

Recent advances in silicon-based passive and active optical interconnects

H Subbaraman, X Xu, A Hosseini, X Zhang, Y Zhang… - Optics express, 2015 - opg.optica.org
Silicon photonics has experienced phenomenal transformations over the last decade. In this
paper, we present some of the notable advances in silicon-based passive and active optical …

Review and perspective on ultrafast wavelength‐size electro‐optic modulators

K Liu, CR Ye, S Khan, VJ Sorger - Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
As electronic device feature sizes scale‐down, the power consumed due to onchip
communications as compared to computations will increase dramatically; likewise, the …

Large‐area ultrabroadband absorber for solar thermophotovoltaics based on 3D titanium nitride nanopillars

M Chirumamilla, A Chirumamilla… - Advanced Optical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Broadband absorbers, with the simultaneous advantages of thermal stability, insensitivity to
light polarization and angle, robustness against harsh environmental conditions, and large …

Transparent conducting oxides for electro-optical plasmonic modulators

VE Babicheva, A Boltasseva, AV Lavrinenko - Nanophotonics, 2015 - degruyter.com
The ongoing quest for ultra-compact optical devices has reached a bottleneck due to the
diffraction limit in conventional photonics. New approaches that provide subwavelength …

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 …