Front-end patterning and epitaxy approach on Si photonics 220nm SOI substrates


A new technical paper titled "Lateral Tunnel Epitaxy of GaAs in Lithographically Defined Cavities on 220 nm Silicon-on-Insulator" was published by researchers at Cardiff University and University of Southampton. Abstract "Current heterogeneous Si photonics usually bond III–V wafers/dies on a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate in a back-end process, whereas monolithic integration by di... » read more

Free Space Optical Quantum Key Distribution (FSO-QKD) System Within a Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Application


A new technical paper titled "A Practical Implementation of Quantum-Derived Keys for Secure Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Communications" was published by University of Warwick. Abstract "We provide a practical implementation of a free space optical quantum key distribution (FSO-QKD) system within a vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) application developed under the Innovate UK AirQKD project. The ... » read more

New Polymer-Based Semiconductor: Harnessing The Power of Chirality


A technical paper titled “Subtle Molecular Changes Largely Modulate Chiral Helical Assemblies of Achiral Conjugated Polymers by Tuning Solution-State Aggregation” was published by researchers at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Purdue University. Abstract: "Understanding the solution-state aggregate structure and the consequent hierarchical assembly of conjugated polymers is cr... » read more

Selected I-III-VI2 Semiconductors: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications (Université de Lorraine)


A technical paper titled “Selected I-III-VI2 Semiconductors: Synthesis, Properties and Applications in Photovoltaic Cells” was published by researchers at Université de Lorraine, CNRS. Abstract: "I–III–VI2 group quantum dots (QDs) have attracted high attention in photoelectronic conversion applications, especially for QD-sensitized solar cells (QDSSCs). This group of... » read more

Light-Matter Interaction In Van Der Waals Nanophotonic Devices


A technical paper titled “Deeply subwavelength integrated excitonic van der Waals nanophotonics” was published by researchers at University of California Los Angeles, University of Washington Seattle, and Auburn University. Abstract: "The wave nature of light sets a fundamental diffraction limit that challenges confinement and control of light in nanoscale structures with dimensions signi... » read more

Fabless Approach To Embed Active Nanophotonics in Bulk CMOS By Co-Designing The BEOL Layers For Optical Functionality (MIT)


A technical paper titled “Metal-Optic Nanophotonic Modulators in Standard CMOS Technology” was published by researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Abstract: "Integrating nanophotonics with electronics promises revolutionary applications ranging from light detection and ranging (LiDAR) to holographic displays. Although semiconductor manufacturing of nanophotonics in Silicon ... » read more

Photonic-Electronic SmartNIC With Fast and Energy-Efficient Photonic Computing Cores (MIT)


A technical paper titled “Lightning: A Reconfigurable Photonic-Electronic SmartNIC for Fast and Energy-Efficient Inference” was published by researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Abstract: "The massive growth of machine learning-based applications and the end of Moore's law have created a pressing need to redesign computing platforms. We propose Lightning, the first ... » read more

Hardware Security for Silicon Photonic-Based AI Accelerators


A technical paper titled “Integrated Photonic AI Accelerators under Hardware Security Attacks: Impacts and Countermeasures” was published by researchers at Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal and Colorado State University. Abstract: "Integrated photonics based on silicon photonics platform is driving several application domains, from enabling ultra-fast chip-scale communication in high-perfor... » read more

A New Layered Structure With 2D Material That Exhibits A Unique Transfer Of Energy And Charge


A technical paper titled “Excitation-Dependent High-Lying Excitonic Exchange via Interlayer Energy Transfer from Lower-to-Higher Bandgap 2D Material” was published by researchers at University of Warsaw, Brookhaven National Laboratory, and National Institute for Materials Science (Japan). Abstract: "High light absorption (∼15%) and strong photoluminescence (PL) emission in monolayer (1L... » read more

Modeling Optical Loss And Crosstalk Noise For Silicon-Photonic-Based Neural Networks Of Different Scales 


A technical paper titled “Analysis of Optical Loss and Crosstalk Noise in MZI-based Coherent Photonic Neural Networks" was published by researchers at Colorado State University (Fort Collins), NVIDIA, and Arizona State University. Abstract: "With the continuous increase in the size and complexity of machine learning models, the need for specialized hardware to efficiently run such model... » read more

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