Nature Communications (Dec 2022)

Multi-dimensional data transmission using inverse-designed silicon photonics and microcombs

  • Ki Youl Yang,
  • Chinmay Shirpurkar,
  • Alexander D. White,
  • Jizhao Zang,
  • Lin Chang,
  • Farshid Ashtiani,
  • Melissa A. Guidry,
  • Daniil M. Lukin,
  • Srinivas V. Pericherla,
  • Joshua Yang,
  • Hyounghan Kwon,
  • Jesse Lu,
  • Geun Ho Ahn,
  • Kasper Van Gasse,
  • Yan Jin,
  • Su-Peng Yu,
  • Travis C. Briles,
  • Jordan R. Stone,
  • David R. Carlson,
  • Hao Song,
  • Kaiheng Zou,
  • Huibin Zhou,
  • Kai Pang,
  • Han Hao,
  • Lawrence Trask,
  • Mingxiao Li,
  • Andy Netherton,
  • Lior Rechtman,
  • Jeffery S. Stone,
  • Jinhee L. Skarda,
  • Logan Su,
  • Dries Vercruysse,
  • Jean-Philippe W. MacLean,
  • Shahriar Aghaeimeibodi,
  • Ming-Jun Li,
  • David A. B. Miller,
  • Dan M. Marom,
  • Alan E. Willner,
  • John E. Bowers,
  • Scott B. Papp,
  • Peter J. Delfyett,
  • Firooz Aflatouni,
  • Jelena Vučković

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35446-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The authors demonstrate a multi-dimensional communication scheme that combines wavelength- and mode- multiplexing on photonic integrated circuits using foundry-compatible photonic inverse design and spectrally flattened microcombs