Flexible integration of free-standing nanowires into silicon photonics

Bigeng Chen; Hao Wu; Chenguang Xin; Daoxin Dai; Limin Tong

doi:10.1038/s41467-017-00038-0

Nature Communications (Jun 2017)

Flexible integration of free-standing nanowires into silicon photonics

Bigeng Chen,
Hao Wu,
Chenguang Xin,
Daoxin Dai,
Limin Tong

Affiliations

Bigeng Chen: State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University
Hao Wu: State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University
Chenguang Xin: State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University
Daoxin Dai: State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University
Limin Tong: State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00038-0
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Precisely assembling free-standing nanowires for on-demand photonic functionality remains a challenge. Here, Chen et al. integrate free-standing nanowires into silicon waveguides and show all-optical modulation and light generation on silicon photonic chips.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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