Silicon photonic grating couplers represent a pivotal element in the integration of optical devices onto chips. They serve as the interface between optical fibres and on-chip waveguides, enabling ...

Researchers have developed a new class of integrated photonic devices -- 'leaky-wave metasurfaces' -- that convert light initially confined in an optical waveguide to an arbitrary optical pattern in ...

In the last decade, there have been major university and corporate research efforts and tangible advances in integrated photonics. The objective has been to develop building blocks that will transform ...

In an era demanding ever-smaller, more efficient, and higher-performing light sources, particularly in the short-wave infrared (SWIR) spectrum crucial for telecom and advanced sensing, a quiet ...

With the increasing demand for optical bandwidth, photonic integrated circuit (PIC) technology is undergoing a growth rate very similar to the one seen by electronic integrated circuits over the last ...

The rapid development of photonic computing chips has been driven by the increasing demand for high data-throughput, low-power computation across various application fields. Researchers have aimed to ...

In recent years, global digitalization has seen unprecedented acceleration. Video streaming and video conferencing in home office and remote learning settings has resulted in a spike in residential ...