Anthony J. Rizzo, U. Dave, Alexandre P. Freitas, S. Roberts, Asher Novick, M. Lipson, K. Bergman
{"title":"Fabrication-Robust Silicon Photonics Platform in Standard 220 nm Silicon Processes","authors":"Anthony J. Rizzo, U. Dave, Alexandre P. Freitas, S. Roberts, Asher Novick, M. Lipson, K. Bergman","doi":"10.1109/GFP51802.2021.9674005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/GFP51802.2021.9674005","url":null,"abstract":"We present a fabrication-robust silicon photonics platform compatible with standard 220 nm silicon thickness. Our generalized design methodology shows a 4× energy reduction over standard filter designs and was validated in a 300 mm foundry process, showing a promising avenue for reducing thermal tuning energy.","PeriodicalId":158770,"journal":{"name":"2021 IEEE 17th International Conference on Group IV Photonics (GFP)","volume":"183 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124606947","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Twistoptics in 1D: Silicon moiré photonic crystals","authors":"Tahmid H. Talukdar, Anna L. Hardison, J. Ryckman","doi":"10.1109/GFP51802.2021.9673817","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/GFP51802.2021.9673817","url":null,"abstract":"Analogous to twistronic and twistoptic systems derived from 2D moiré potentials wherein the twist angle is a key parameter, we modulate the 1D moiré pattern in a silicon nanowire and observe lattice mismatch and phase to be critical parameters for controlling photon transport or localization.","PeriodicalId":158770,"journal":{"name":"2021 IEEE 17th International Conference on Group IV Photonics (GFP)","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131382452","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alvaro Aguirre Fontenla, I. Hegeman, W. Hendriks, M. Dijkstra, S. G. Blanco
{"title":"Low-loss reactive sputter deposited titanium oxide waveguides","authors":"Alvaro Aguirre Fontenla, I. Hegeman, W. Hendriks, M. Dijkstra, S. G. Blanco","doi":"10.1109/GFP51802.2021.9673908","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/GFP51802.2021.9673908","url":null,"abstract":"In this work, the fabrication process of optical channel waveguides in titanium dioxide is optimized, including the sputter deposition of titanium dioxide, the reflow of the electron-beam resist and annealing of the etched waveguides. The propagation losses of the films and fully etched strip waveguides had values below 1 dB/cm at wavelengths above 633 nm with propagation losses as low as 0.5 dB/cm at 1550 nm.","PeriodicalId":158770,"journal":{"name":"2021 IEEE 17th International Conference on Group IV Photonics (GFP)","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123325541","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zih–Yuan Ciou, Kuo-Fang Chung, Shih-Chun Kao, Chih-Hsien Cheng, Ding-Wei Huang, G. Lin
{"title":"Beyond 60-Gbit/s Modulation of Impedance Mismatched Silicon MZI Modulator","authors":"Zih–Yuan Ciou, Kuo-Fang Chung, Shih-Chun Kao, Chih-Hsien Cheng, Ding-Wei Huang, G. Lin","doi":"10.1109/GFP51802.2021.9673846","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/GFP51802.2021.9673846","url":null,"abstract":"By mismatching rear-end electrode impedance of a silicon p-i-n MZI modulator to 68 Ω with on-chip-resistor, the allowable encoding NRZ-OOK data rate greatly increases beyond 60 Gbit/s after performing waveform pre-emphasis.","PeriodicalId":158770,"journal":{"name":"2021 IEEE 17th International Conference on Group IV Photonics (GFP)","volume":"101 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125186538","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dajian Liu, Jianghao He, Yuluan Xiang, Yang Xu, D. Dai
{"title":"High-performance Silicon Photonic Filters based on High-order Adiabatic Elliptical-microrings","authors":"Dajian Liu, Jianghao He, Yuluan Xiang, Yang Xu, D. Dai","doi":"10.1109/GFP51802.2021.9673824","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/GFP51802.2021.9673824","url":null,"abstract":"We realize ultra-compact silicon photonic filters with box-like responses by using high-order adiabatic elliptical-microrings, exhibiting extinction ratios higher than ~60 dB and a large free spectral range of ~37 nm.","PeriodicalId":158770,"journal":{"name":"2021 IEEE 17th International Conference on Group IV Photonics (GFP)","volume":"17 1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129244421","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Zhang, X. Roux, P. Nuño-Ruano, D. Melati, M. Motesinos-Ballester, E. Cassan, D. Marris-Morin, L. Vivien, N. D. LanzillottiKimura, C. Alonso‐Ramos
{"title":"Generating X-band phonons in a nanostructured silicon optomechanical cavity","authors":"J. Zhang, X. Roux, P. Nuño-Ruano, D. Melati, M. Motesinos-Ballester, E. Cassan, D. Marris-Morin, L. Vivien, N. D. LanzillottiKimura, C. Alonso‐Ramos","doi":"10.1109/GFP51802.2021.9673852","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/GFP51802.2021.9673852","url":null,"abstract":"We report on a nanostructured silicon resonator achieving optomechanical coupling between C-band photons and X-band phonons. We experimentally show the generation of 10GHz phonons, with decay rate of 3.49 MHz. This result opens new prospects for high-frequency silicon optomechanics with applications in communications, sensing and quantum-state control.","PeriodicalId":158770,"journal":{"name":"2021 IEEE 17th International Conference on Group IV Photonics (GFP)","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121829889","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Perino, F. Zanetto, M. Petrini, F. Toso, F. Morichetti, A. Melloni, G. Ferrari, M. Sampietro
{"title":"Control of SiP Waveguide-Embedded Electronic Devices by Substrate/Gate Potential Tuning","authors":"A. Perino, F. Zanetto, M. Petrini, F. Toso, F. Morichetti, A. Melloni, G. Ferrari, M. Sampietro","doi":"10.1109/GFP51802.2021.9673981","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/GFP51802.2021.9673981","url":null,"abstract":"The substrate potential in Silicon Photonics chips defines the electrical properties of waveguide-integrated optoelectronic devices by counteracting the depletion of free carriers caused by oxide charges. Heater control and photoconductivity enhancement by orders of magnitude is demonstrated by means of substrate potential tuning.","PeriodicalId":158770,"journal":{"name":"2021 IEEE 17th International Conference on Group IV Photonics (GFP)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125722586","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. González-Andrade, Thi Thuy Duong Dinh, S. Guerber, N. Vulliet, S. Crémer, S. Monfray, E. Cassan, D. Marris-Morini, F. Boeuf, P. Cheben, L. Vivien, A. V. Velasco, C. Alonso‐Ramos
{"title":"Silicon nitride on-chip spatial heterodyne Fourier-transform spectrometer with high étendue and broadband operation","authors":"D. González-Andrade, Thi Thuy Duong Dinh, S. Guerber, N. Vulliet, S. Crémer, S. Monfray, E. Cassan, D. Marris-Morini, F. Boeuf, P. Cheben, L. Vivien, A. V. Velasco, C. Alonso‐Ramos","doi":"10.1109/GFP51802.2021.9673922","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/GFP51802.2021.9673922","url":null,"abstract":"The miniaturization provided by silicon photonics offers tantalizing prospects for the realization of high- performance optical spectrometers in extremely compact and robust form factors. Here we demonstrate a broadband silicon nitride spatial heterodyne Fourier-transform spectrometer chip implementing a large-surface multiaperture input to achieve a high étendue.","PeriodicalId":158770,"journal":{"name":"2021 IEEE 17th International Conference on Group IV Photonics (GFP)","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131409671","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Parra, Alejandro Santomé, J. Navarro-Arenas, P. Sanchis
{"title":"Fast volatile response in GST/Si waveguides for all-optical modulation","authors":"J. Parra, Alejandro Santomé, J. Navarro-Arenas, P. Sanchis","doi":"10.1109/GFP51802.2021.9673955","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/GFP51802.2021.9673955","url":null,"abstract":"A fast volatile amplitude switching response is demonstrated in a 1-μm-long GST/Si waveguides. More than 107 cycles are performed with switching energies of 200 pJ and turn-off times as low as 25 ns.","PeriodicalId":158770,"journal":{"name":"2021 IEEE 17th International Conference on Group IV Photonics (GFP)","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133647796","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Irfan Ansari, D. Thourhout, J. George, G. F. Feutmba, J. Beeckman
{"title":"Acousto-optic modulation in a Si-waveguide","authors":"Irfan Ansari, D. Thourhout, J. George, G. F. Feutmba, J. Beeckman","doi":"10.1109/GFP51802.2021.9673971","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/GFP51802.2021.9673971","url":null,"abstract":"We demonstrate acousto-optic modulation (VπL ~3.6 Vcm) in a Si waveguide circuit by integrating a photonic compatible PZT film on the SOI chip. We then fabricated a small footprint inter-digital transducer (IDT) on the film to piezoelectrically actuate acoustic waves at GHz frequencies.","PeriodicalId":158770,"journal":{"name":"2021 IEEE 17th International Conference on Group IV Photonics (GFP)","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130997674","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}