3D printed optics and photonics: Processes, materials and applications

H Gao, J An, CK Chua, D Bourell, CN Kuo, DTH Tan - Materials today, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Interest in 3D (3-dimensional) printed optics and photonics by both industry and
academic researchers is burgeoning, due to the unique features availed by 3D printing not …

Two‐dimensional materials for integrated photonics: recent advances and future challenges

J Wu, H Ma, P Yin, Y Ge, Y Zhang, L Li, H Zhang… - Small …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
With the development of novel optoelectronic materials and nanofabrication technologies,
integrated photonics is a rapidly developing field that will promote the development and …

Flexible and stretchable photonics: the next stretch of opportunities

S Geiger, J Michon, S Liu, J Qin, J Ni, J Hu, T Gu… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Conventional electronic and photonic devices are inherently 2D and rigid because of the
substrates on which they are fabricated. However, the world is not flat and stiff: There are …

Integrated Flexible Microscale Mechanical Sensors Based on Cascaded Free Spectral Range-Free Cavities

Y Luo, C Sun, M Wei, H Ma, Y Wu, Z Chen, H Dai… - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Photonic mechanical sensors offer several advantages over their electronic counterparts,
including immunity to electromagnetic interference, increased sensitivity, and measurement …

[HTML][HTML] Manipulating cavity photon dynamics by topologically curved space

Y Wang, Y Ren, X Luo, B Li, Z Chen, Z Liu… - Light: Science & …, 2022 - nature.com
Asymmetric microcavities supporting Whispering-gallery modes (WGMs) are of great
significance for on-chip optical information processing. We establish asymmetric …

On-chip detector based on supercontinuum generation in chalcogenide waveguide

H Shang, D Sun, M Zhang, J Song, Z Yang… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
We present the design, preparation, and performance optimization of strip waveguide in
chalcogenide glass (ChG) for broadband supercontinuum (SC) generation. Ternary Ge-Sb …

A universal approach to high‐index‐contrast flexible integrated photonics

Z Chen, Y Shi, M Wei, Y Luo, H Ma… - Advanced Optical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Flexible integrated photonics is an essential technology for emerging applications, including
flexible optical interconnects, optogenetic stimulation, and implantable conformal sensing …

Efficient and compact sol-gel TiO2 thermo-optic microring resonator modulator

Z Chen, M Wei, Y Luo, J Jian, Y Ye, Y Yin… - Optical Materials …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Thermo-optic (TO) modulators play an increasingly important role in wavelength routers,
lidar, optical computing, and other reconfigurable photonic systems. Highly efficient TO …

[HTML][HTML] Shaping in the Third Direction: Colloidal Photonic Crystals with Quadratic Surfaces Self-Assembled by Hanging-Drop Method

I Sandu, I Antohe, CT Fleaca, F Dumitrache, I Urzica… - Polymers, 2024 - mdpi.com
High-quality, 3D-shaped, SiO2 colloidal photonic crystals (ellipsoids, hyperboloids, and
others) were fabricated by self-assembly. They possess a quadratic surface and are wide …

Tailoring chaotic motion of microcavity photons in ray and wave dynamics by tuning the curvature of space

W Lin, Y Ding, Y Wang, P Li, Y Zhang, F Yun… - Science China Physics …, 2024 - Springer
Microcavity photon dynamics in curved space is an emerging interesting area at the crossing
point of nanophotonics, chaotic science, and non-Euclidean geometry. We report the sharp …