Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs)
A special issue of Photonics (ISSN 2304-6732).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2021) | Viewed by 715
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Photonic integrated circuit (PIC) technologies have matured rapidly in recent years, driven by the development of international foundries and applications in telecommunications. Multiple material platforms operating at near-IR wavelengths, such as InP, SOI, and SiN, have enabled low power consumption optical transmitters, modulators, detectors, and sensors on-chip. Furthermore, the complexity of PICs that can now be achieved has seen their deployment in new application areas, including quantum information processing and high-precision metrology systems.
Recent advances in materials and processing are now allowing PIC designers to move into regions of the electromagnetic spectrum beyond the near-IR. Notably, UV and visible light waveguide devices and applications are seeing a rapid growth, with developments in material platforms including III-N’s, diamond, SiC, and Al2O3. Complementarily, mid-IR devices are also being explored using low-absorption materials and suspended waveguide geometries for applications, including gas sensing.
This Special Issue will focus on the developments of photonic integrated circuits and devices for applications beyond the traditional telecommunications wavelength range. The issue scope will include materials processing, techniques for combination and integration, novel components and circuits, and applications of integrated photonics in the UV, visible, and mid-IR spectral ranges. With a combination of invited and contributed papers, this issue will present the latest developments and state-of-the-art in this rapidly developing field.
Dr. Michael Strain
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Photonic integrated circuits
- Visible light photonic chips
- Micro-fabrication
- Polymer photonics
- Photonic integration
- Integrated photonics devices
- Integrated photonic materials
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