Wilga 2019 – Photonics Applications

Applications of Graphene to Photonics

Silicon Photonics Platform for Government Applications

We review Sandia’s silicon photonics platform for government applications. Silicon photonics offers the potential for extensive size, weight, power, and cost (SWaP-c) reductions compared to existing III-V or purely electronics circuits. The Sandia fabrication facility is certified as a trusted foundry and can therefore produce devices and circuits intended for military applications. We will des...

Microwave Photonics – From Concepts to Applications

Microwave photonics can be generally defined as the study of high-speed photonic devices operating at microwave or millimeter wave frequencies and their use in microwave or photonic systems. In this multidisciplinary field at the interface between microwave techniques, ultra fast electronics and photonic technologies, typical investigations include, for example, high-speed and microwave signal ...

Photorefractive Polymers and Their Applications in Photonics

The demand for holographic recording materials has been ever increasing for the past few decades. Photorefractive materials have been studied extensively as candidate recording media. They offer high index modulation with reversible recording that make them very attractive for applications such as threedimensional holographic displays, adaptive optics, optical data storage and medical optics. R...

Intel ® Technology Journal Optical Technologies and Applications Silicon Photonics Silicon Photonics

We introduce our approach to opto-electronic integration, silicon photonics, and outline the key functions required for an opto-electronic integration platform: generation, control, and detection of light. Recent research results for silicon-based optical components are discussed including a tunable external cavity laser, a 2.5 GHz optical modulator and a silicon-germanium waveguide-based photo...