Silicon photonics is playing a key role in areas as diverse as high-speed optical
communications, neural networks, supercomputing, quantum photonics, and sensing, which …

There is currently much activity toward the integration of mid-infrared semiconductor lasers
on Si substrates for developing a variety of smart, compact, sensors based on Si-photonics …

We experimentally demonstrate supercontinuum (SC) generation in a germanium-on-silicon
waveguide. This waveguide exhibits propagation loss between 1.2 dB/cm and 1.35 dB/cm in …

Integrated silicon nanophotonics has rapidly established itself as intriguing research field,
whose outlets impact numerous facets of daily life. Indeed, nanophotonics has propelled …

Photonic technologies offer numerous functionalities that can be used to realize
astrophotonic instruments. The most spectacular example to date is the ESO Gravity …

We demonstrate coherent supercontinuum generation spanning over an octave from a
silicon germanium-on-silicon waveguide using∼ 200fs pulses at a wavelength of 4 µm. The …

Silicon photonics has been an area of active research and development. Researchers have
been working on enhancing the integration density and intricacy of silicon photonic circuits …

Colloidal quantum dots (QDs) have become a versatile optoelectronic material for emitting
and detecting light that can overcome the limitations of a range of electronic and photonic …

Mid-infrared spectroscopy is essential for identifying molecular species, while related electro-
optic modulators are crucial for signal-to-noise enhancement via synchronous detection …

Up to now, the light coupling schemes of germanium-on-silicon photodetectors (Ge-on-Si
PDs) could be divided into three main categories:(1) vertical (or normal-incidence) …