Frontiers in Physics (Sep 2019)

III–V/Silicon Hybrid Non-linear Nanophotonics in the Context of On-Chip Optical Signal Processing and Analog Computing

  • Léa Constans,
  • Léa Constans,
  • Sylvain Combrié,
  • Xavier Checoury,
  • Grégoire Beaudoin,
  • Isabelle Sagnes,
  • Fabrice Raineri,
  • Fabrice Raineri,
  • Alfredo de Rossi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fphy.2019.00133
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7

Abstract

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We discuss the application of silicon hybrid photonic integration technology for all-optical signal processing. The core is a photonic crystal nanocavity made of a III–V semiconductor alloy. This ensures ultra-fast and energy-efficient all-optical operation, which is crucial for scaling from a single device to a non-linear photonic processor where ideally a large number of non-linear elements cooperate. We discuss all-optical sampling as an immediate application of this technology and give an example of a future non-linear integrated circuit based on this technology.

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