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physics.optics2026

PROPEL: A Memory-Driven, Adaptive Vector-Flow-Field Router with Process-Aware Waveguide Generation for Large-Scale Photonic Integrated Circuits

A Abdur Rahman Akib, Eunso Shin, Jonathan Rogers +2

Photonic integrated circuits (PICs) are increasing in scale and routing complexity, driven by photonic computing, optical switching, programmable interferometer meshes, wavelength-…

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…

physics.optics2024

Photonic KAN: a Kolmogorov-Arnold network inspired efficient photonic neuromorphic architecture

Yiwei Peng, Sean Hooten, Xinling Yu +7

Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KAN) models were recently proposed and claimed to provide improved parameter scaling and interpretability compared to conventional multilayer perceptron…