Nature Communications (Feb 2018)

Fourier transform spectrometer on silicon with thermo-optic non-linearity and dispersion correction

  • Mario C. M. M. Souza,
  • Andrew Grieco,
  • Newton C. Frateschi,
  • Yeshaiahu Fainman

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03004-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Miniaturized optical spectrometers have widespread applications. In this work, the authors have developed a silicon-photonics-based, thermally-tuned Fourier transform spectrometer that overcomes technological challenges in silicon integration that may enable robust, broadband portable spectrometry.