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Advanced photonic integrated circuits
Photonic integrated circuits use light rather than electrons to perform a wide variety of optical functions. Recent developments in nanostructures, metamaterials, and silicon technologies have expanded the range of possible functionalities for these highly integrated optical chips. We focus here on a selection of these, showing how fundamental work in areas such as transformation optics and materials technologies could lead to new functionality for photonic integrated circuits.
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Passive technologies for future large-scale photonic integrated circuits on silicon: polarization handling, light non-reciprocity and loss reduction
Daoxin Dai, Jared Bauters and John E Bowers
Light: Science & Applications (2012) 1, e1; doi:10.1038/lsa.2012.1
Surface plasmon resonance of layer-by-layer gold nanoparticles induced photoelectric current in environmentally-friendly plasmon-sensitized solar cell
Yen-Hsun Su, Yuan-Feng Ke, Shi-Liang Cai and Qian-Yu Yao
Light: Science & Applications (2012) 1, e14; doi:10.1038/lsa.2012.14
Single and multiple optical switches that use freestanding silicon nanowire waveguide couplers
Yuta Akihama and Kazuhiro Hane
Light: Science & Applications (2012) 1, e16; doi:10.1038/lsa.2012.16
Controlling light-with-light without nonlinearity
Jianfa Zhang, Kevin F MacDonald and Nikolay I Zheludev
Light: Science & Applications (2012) 1, e18; doi:10.1038/lsa.2012.18
Metallic subwavelength-cavity semiconductor nanolasers
K. Ding and C. Z. Ning
Light: Science & Applications (2012) 1, e20; doi:10.1038/lsa.2012.20
Wavefront shaping of infrared light through a subwavelength hole
Yu-Hui Chen, Lu Huang, Lin Gan and Zhi-Yuan Li
Light: Science & Applications (2012) 1, e26; doi:10.1038/lsa.2012.26
Integrated photonic systems based on transformation optics enabled gradient index devices
Qi Wu, Jeremiah P Turpin and Douglas H Werner
Light: Science & Applications (2012) 1, e38; doi:10.1038/lsa.2012.38
Realization of three-dimensional guiding of photons in photonic crystals -
Kenji Ishizaki, Masaki Koumura, Katsuyoshi Suzuki, Kou Gondaira & Susumu Noda
Nature Photonics 7, 133-137 (2013) doi:10.1038/nphoton.2012.341
Abstract - | Full Text - Realization of three-dimensional guiding of photons in photonic crystals | PDF - Realization of three-dimensional guiding of photons in photonic crystals | Supplementary information
Mid-infrared photonics in silicon and germanium -
Richard Soref
Nature Photonics 4, 495 - 497 (2010) doi:10.1038/nphoton.2010.171
Full Text - Mid-infrared photonics in silicon and germanium | PDF - Mid-infrared photonics in silicon and germanium
Plasmonics beyond the diffraction limit -
Dmitri K. Gramotnev & Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi
Nature Photonics 4, 83 - 91 (2010) doi:10.1038/nphoton.2009.282
Abstract - Plasmonics beyond the diffraction limit | Full Text - Plasmonics beyond the diffraction limit | PDF - Plasmonics beyond the diffraction limit
Generating, manipulating and measuring entanglement and mixture with a reconfigurable photonic circuit -
P. J. Shadbolt, M. R. Verde, A. Peruzzo, A. Politi, A. Laing, M. Lobino, J. C. F. Matthews, M. G. Thompson & J. L. O'Brien
Nature Photonics 6, 45-49 (2012) doi:10.1038/nphoton.2011.283
Abstract - Generating, manipulating and measuring entanglement and mixture with a reconfigurable photonic circuit | Full Text - Generating, manipulating and measuring entanglement and mixture with a reconfigurable photonic circuit | PDF - Generating, manipulating and measuring entanglement and mixture with a reconfigurable photonic circuit | Supplementary information
Large-scale nanophotonic phased array-
Jie Sun, Erman Timurdogan, Ami Yaacobi, Ehsan Shah Hosseini & Michael R. Watts
Nature 493, 195-199 (10 January 2013) doi:10.1038/nature11727
Abstract - Large-scale nanophotonic phased array | Full Text - Large-scale nanophotonic phased array | PDF - Large-scale nanophotonic phased array
Assembly of hybrid photonic architectures from nanophotonic constituents-
Oliver Benson
Nature 480, 193-199 (08 December 2011) doi:10.1038/nature10610
Abstract - Assembly of hybrid photonic architectures from nanophotonic constituents | Full Text - Assembly of hybrid photonic architectures from nanophotonic constituents | PDF - Assembly of hybrid photonic architectures from nanophotonic constituents
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