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5 papers

physics.optics2026

Demonstration and Design of Uni-Directional and Ultra-Low Threshold Hybrid Quantum Dot III-V/Si Micro-Ring Laser

Xucheng Yang, Yingtao Hu, Antoine Descos +8

Micro-ring lasers (MRLs) are attractive light sources for energy-efficient optical interconnects, but their intrinsic directional bistability leads to unpredictable clockwise/count…

physics.optics2026

Experimental Design Space Exploration of Ultra-Low Threshold Hybrid III-V/Si Quantum Dot Microring Lasers

Xucheng Yang, Preston Luong, Yatiraj Ramanujam +10

In this work, we report on the design strategies and experimental validation of ultra-low threshold () hybrid III--V/Si quantum dot (InAs/GaAs) micro-ring laser…

physics.optics2026

A Non-Volatile Heterogeneous Quantum Dot III-V/Si DFB Laser with Optical Memristive Behavior

Stanley Cheung, Bassem Tossoun, Di Liang +5

In this work, we introduce a non-volatile heterogeneous quantum dot (QD) III-V/Al2O3/Si distributed feedback (DFB) laser exhibiting optical memristive behavior. The device operates…

cs.LG2026

Scalable Back-Propagation-Free Training of Optical Physics-Informed Neural Networks

Yequan Zhao, Xinling Yu, Xian Xiao +6

Physics intelligence and digital twins often require rapid and repeated performance evaluation of various engineering systems (e.g. robots, autonomous vehicles, semiconductor chips…

cs.LG2025

Experimental Demonstration of an Optical Neural PDE Solver via On-Chip PINN Training

Yequan Zhao, Xian Xiao, Antoine Descos +6

Partial differential equation (PDE) is an important math tool in science and engineering. This paper experimentally demonstrates an optical neural PDE solver by leveraging the back…