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.


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