From Optical Communications to the Brain: Integrated Photonics on Silicon (Prof. Joyce Poon)
From Optical Communications to the Brain: Integrated Photonics on Silicon
- Date: Jan 21, 2020
- Time: 02:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
- Speaker: Prof. Joyce Poon
- MPI für Mikrostrukturphysik, Halle (Saale)
- Location: Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics
- Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall
Foundry-manufactured, monolithically integrated multilayer silicon nitride-on-silicon photonic platforms are suitable for large-scale photonic circuits.
These photonic platforms contain several
waveguide layers, and light is routed amongst the layers to create 3D
photonic devices and circuits. We have realized a suite of
devices in these platforms, including ultra-low-loss waveguide crossings,
multi-layer grating couplers, and efficient
modulators. These advancements, which were initially driven by
telecommunications, are leading to neurophotonic implants for brain
activity mapping.