Memristors in electronics have shown the potential for a range of applications, ranging from
circuit elements to neuromorphic computing. In recent years, the ability to vary the …

The field of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) for photonic integrated circuits (PICs)
is reviewed. This field leverages mechanics at the nanometer to micrometer scale to improve …

A novel class of programmable integrated photonic circuits has emerged over the past
years, strongly driven by approaches to tackle unsolved computing problems in the optical …

Photonic integrated circuits have seen a dramatic increase in complexity over the past
decades. This development has been spurred by recent applications in datacenter …

Key to recent successes in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) has been the ability to train a
growing number of parameters which form fixed connectivity matrices between layers of …

The realization of a silicon optical phase shifter marked a cornerstone for the development of
silicon photonics, and it is expected that optical interconnects based on the technology relax …

We present a design for an analog phase shifter based on Silicon Photonic MEMS
technology. The operation principle is based on a two-step parallel plate electrostatic …

Bifurcation-based sensors, implementing stability boundaries monitoring in bistable
microstructures, may manifest higher sensitivity and robustness when compared to their …

Buckled beams have become key building blocks in compliant mechanisms to achieve
nonlinear behaviors, such as bistability, constant-force and stiffness tuning. However …

A critical figure of merit (FoM) for electro-optic (EO) modulators is the transmission change
per voltage, d T/d V. Conventional approaches in wave-guided modulators maximize d T/d V …