Devices in Silicon Photonics
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "A:Physics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2024) | Viewed by 1443
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Compared with traditional optics, integrated optics caused a technological revolution once various optical devices could be integrated on chips with compact size, lower energy consumption, and high stability, solving the deficiencies of traditional optics. Based on the high refractive-index-contrast and CMOS-compatible processing of the silicon-on-insulator material, it has become a quite promising platform for integrated optics, allowing silicon photonics to emerge. Up to now, many functional devices have been developed to solve the issues of electro-optic modulation, wavelength/polarization/mode management, fiber-to-chip coupling, high-capacity transmission, signal processing, photo-electric detection, and others in the field of silicon photonics. Recently, new technologies (e.g., artificial intelligence algorithms) and materials (e.g., 2D materials, phase change materials, ferroelectric materials) have been introduced to silicon photonics to enhance device performance and explore some new applications.
This Special Issue focuses on the state-of-the-art achievements in silicon photonic devices, covering new device structures, new photonic materials, new fabrication techniques and new applications. With the unflagging efforts of the worldwide researchers, we believe silicon photonics will enter a new stage of development with powerful device functions, high integration densities, and cutting-edge applications.
Dr. Yin Xu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- high-performance electro-optic modulators
- wavelength/polarization/mode management devices
- fiber-to-chip coupling devices
- on-chip high-capacity transmissions
- signal processing for the photonic integrated circuits
- efficient photo-electric detectors
- new materials assisted photonic devices
- integrated photonic neural network and optical computing
- integrated quantum photonic devices
- large-scale photonic integrated circuits