Microcombs are strong contenders for attaining the frequency stability and performance of standard passively modelocked lasers on a chip scale. Understanding the optical phase noise dynamics in soliton microcombs and enhancing the power efficiency are crucial directions for the development…
Quantum technologies promise a change of paradigm for many fields of application, for example in communication systems, in high-performance computing and simulation of quantum systems, as well as in sensor technology. However, the experimental realization of suitable system still poses…
Phase change materials (PCMs) are currently revolutionizing nanophotonics by providing ways to tune and reconfigure optical functionalities without any moving parts. Building on this phenomenon, the last decade has witnessed many exciting reports of novel devices exploiting PCMs such as…
PHIX is a world leading packaging and assembly foundry for photonic integrated circuits (PICs), building optoelectronic modules based on all major PIC technology platforms (such as indium phosphide, silicon photonics, silicon nitride, and planar lightwave circuit) in scalable manufacturing volumes.
We present novel approaches for nonmagnetic optical isolation that combine efficient acousto-optic scattering processes and dispersion engineering to create nonmagnetic optical isolators with wide (> 1 THz) optical bandwidth. We employ complementary approaches for isolation based on acousto-optic strong coupling…
Photon Design was started in 1992 and now provides a wide range of innovative photonics CAD tools to 35+ countries around the world, supplying most of the World’s leading photonics companies, Universities and government research labs. CAD products include tools…
The impact of the photonic integration platform of choice on the performance of a novel hybrid optoelectronic neuron based on time division multiplexing that we recently proposed is analyzed and discussed. An invited speaker presentation by Giampiero Contestabile, Associate Professor…
Plasmonics offers a novel approach to overcome the speed limitations of photonics. More importantly plasmonics is a high-speed solution providing lowest power operation on the smallest footprint with a path for CMOS compatible fabrication. In this plenary talk, after an…
Programmability and reconfigurability provide exciting opportunities for integrated optics. In particular, the use of microelectromechanical tunable elements in silicon-based integrated photonics offers interesting options for scalable programmable photonics. In this invited talk, we will discuss our recent progress in developing…
Phase-change materials (PCMs) have emerged as a promising platform to modulate light in a nonvolatile manner—a reversible switching between their stable amorphous and crystalline states leads to an impressive refractive index contrast (∆n, ∆k ~1−3). The last decade has seen…