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physics.optics2026

DC-to-GHz Modulation In Microring Modulators Using Ferroelectric Nematic Liquid Crystal-on-Silicon in a Foundry Photonic Process

Iman Taghavi, Alexander Tofini, Edward K. Leung +4

Silicon-organic hybrid (SOH) platforms exhibit exceptional electro-optic (EO) properties, including high-speed operation, low energy consumption, and compact footprints. However, t…

physics.optics2025

Optoelectronic Physical Unclonable Functions and Reservoir-Inspired Computation with Low Symmetry Integrated Photonics

Farhan Bin Tarik, Yingjie Lao, Mustafa Hammood +5

Emerging applications of photonics in computing, sensing, and security increasingly demand complex input-output behaviors, including highly nonlinear transformations of optical sig…

physics.optics2025

Isolator-Free Laser Operation Enabled by Chip-Scale Reflections in Zero-Process-Change SOI

Omid Esmaeeli, Lukas Chrostowski, Sudip Shekhar

The isolation-free operation of photonic integrated circuits enables dense integration, reducing packaging costs and complexity. Most isolator replacements require a change in the…

physics.optics2025

GHz-rate optical phase shift in light matter interaction-engineered, silicon-ferroelectric nematic liquid crystals

Iman Taghavi, Omid Esmaeeli, Sheri Jahan Chowdhury +10

Organic electro-optic materials have demonstrated promising performance in developing electro-optic phase shifters. Their integration with other silicon photonic processes, nanofab…

physics.optics2024

Physics to System-level Modeling of Silicon-organic-hybrid Nanophotonic Devices

Maryam Moridsadat, Marcus Tamura, Lukas Chrostowski +2

The continuous growth in data volume has sparked interest in silicon-organic-hybrid nanophotonic devices integrated into silicon photonic integrated circuits (PICs). SOH devices of…

physics.optics2024

Cryogenic Optical-to-Microwave Conversion Using Si Photonic Integrated Circuit Ge Photodiodes

D. Julien-Neitzert, E. Leung, N. Islam +5

Integrated circuit technology enables the scaling of circuit complexity and functionality while maintaining manufacturability and reliability. Integration is expected to play an im…