Mid-infrared integrated photonics on silicon: a perspective
Name
[Nanophotonics] Mid-infrared integrated photonics on silicon a perspective.pdf
Size
2.79 MB
Format
Adobe PDF
Checksum (MD5)
141baff51a358cf8cdbd5590e0faf741
Author(s)
Lin, Hongtao
Luo, Zhengqian
Gu, Tian
Kimerling, Lionel C
Wada, Kazumi
Agarwal, Anuradha
Hu, Juejun
Date Issued
December 2017
Journal
Nanophotonics
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Citation
Lin, Hongtao, et al. “Mid-Infrared Integrated Photonics on Silicon: A Perspective.” Nanophotonics, vol. 7, no. 2, Dec. 2017. © 2017 Hongtao Lin and Juejun Hu et al.
Version
Final published version
Abstract
The emergence of silicon photonics over the past two decades has established silicon as a preferred substrate platform for photonic integration. While most silicon-based photonic components have so far been realized in the near-infrared (near-IR) telecommunication bands, the mid-infrared (mid-IR, 2-20-μm wavelength) band presents a significant growth opportunity for integrated photonics. In this review, we offer our perspective on the burgeoning field of mid-IR integrated photonics on silicon. A comprehensive survey on the state-of-the-art of key photonic devices such as waveguides, light sources, modulators, and detectors is presented. Furthermore, on-chip spectroscopic chemical sensing is quantitatively analyzed as an example of mid-IR photonic system integration based on these basic building blocks, and the constituent component choices are discussed and contrasted in the context of system performance and integration technologies. Keywords: mid-IR; integrated photonics; silicon photonics; spectrometer; optical sensor
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Materials Science and Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Materials Processing Center
Terms of Use
Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use.
Persistent DSpace Link
DOI of Published Version
https://doi.org/10.1515/NANOPH-2017-0085
