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Mid-IR heterogeneous silicon photonics
Author(s): Gunther Roelkens; Utsav Dave; Alban Gassenq; Nannicha Hattasan; Chen Hu; Bart Kuyken; Francois Leo; Aditya Malik; Muhammad Muneeb; Eva Ryckeboer; Sarah Uvin; Zeger Hens; Roel G. Baets; Yosuke Shimura; Federica Gencarelli; Benjamin Vincent; Roger Loo; Joris Van Campenhout; Laurent Cerutti; Jean-Baptiste Rodriguez; Eric Tournié; Xia Chen; Milos Nedeljkovic; Goran Z. Mashanovich; Li Shen; Noel Healy; Anna C. Peacock; Xiaoping Liu; Richard M. Osgood; William Green
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Paper Abstract

In this paper we discuss silicon-based photonic integrated circuit technology for applications beyond the telecommunication wavelength range. Silicon-on-insulator and germanium-on-silicon passive waveguide circuits are described, as well as the integration of III-V semiconductors, IV-VI colloidal nanoparticle films and GeSn alloys on these circuits for increasing the functionality. The strong nonlinearity of silicon combined with the low nonlinear absorption in the mid-infrared is exploited to generate picosecond pulse based supercontinuum sources and optical parametric oscillators that can be used as spectroscopic sensor sources.

Paper Details

Date Published: 31 January 2014
PDF: 6 pages
Proc. SPIE 8993, Quantum Sensing and Nanophotonic Devices XI, 899316 (31 January 2014); doi: 10.1117/12.2041226
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Gunther Roelkens, Univ. Gent (Belgium)
Utsav Dave, Univ. Gent (Belgium)
Alban Gassenq, Univ. Gent (Belgium)
Nannicha Hattasan, Univ. Gent (Belgium)
Chen Hu, Univ. Gent (Belgium)
Bart Kuyken, Univ. Gent (Belgium)
Francois Leo, Univ. Gent (Belgium)
Aditya Malik, Univ. Gent (Belgium)
Muhammad Muneeb, Univ. Gent (Belgium)
Eva Ryckeboer, Univ. Gent (Belgium)
Sarah Uvin, Univ. Gent (Belgium)
Zeger Hens, Univ. Gent (Belgium)
Roel G. Baets, Univ. Gent (Belgium)
Yosuke Shimura, IMEC (Belgium)
Federica Gencarelli, IMEC (Belgium)
Benjamin Vincent, IMEC (Belgium)
Roger Loo, IMEC (Belgium)
Joris Van Campenhout, IMEC (Belgium)
Laurent Cerutti, Institut d'Electronique du Sud, CNRS, Univ. Montpellier 2 (France)
Jean-Baptiste Rodriguez, Institut d'Electronique du Sud, CNRS, Univ. Montpellier 2 (France)
Eric Tournié, Institut d'Electronique du Sud, CNRS, Univ. Montpellier 2 (France)
Xia Chen, Univ. of Southampton (United Kingdom)
Milos Nedeljkovic, Univ. of Southampton (United Kingdom)
Goran Z. Mashanovich, Univ. of Southampton (United Kingdom)
Li Shen, Univ. of Southampton (United Kingdom)
Noel Healy, Univ. of Southampton (United Kingdom)
Anna C. Peacock, Univ. of Southampton (United Kingdom)
Xiaoping Liu, Columbia Univ. (United States)
Richard M. Osgood, Columbia Univ. (United States)
William Green, IBM T.J. Watson Research Ctr. (United States)


Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 8993:
Quantum Sensing and Nanophotonic Devices XI
Manijeh Razeghi; Eric Tournié; Gail J. Brown, Editor(s)

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