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Silicon photonics: the optical spice rack

Silicon photonics: the optical spice rack

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Silicon is evolving as a versatile photonics platform with multiple functionalities that can be seamlessly integrated. The toolbox is rich, starting from the ability to guide and switch multiple wavelength sources at gigahertz bandwidths, to optomechanical MEMS and opto-fluidics devices. Some of the challenges in the field of silicon photonics are discussed; among them are the decrease of losses in silicon waveguides and the integration of silicon photonics with current CMOS microelectronics.

Inspec keywords: CMOS integrated circuits; micro-optomechanical devices; integrated optics; elemental semiconductors; optical waveguides; microfluidics; optical losses; silicon

Other keywords: opto-fluidics devices; optical losses; CMOS microelectronics; multiple wavelength sources; optomechanical MEMS devices; silicon photonics; Si; silicon waveguides

Subjects: Micro-optical devices and technology; Optical waveguides and couplers; Micro-optical devices and technology; Materials for MEMS and NEMS device technology; Integrated optics; Applied fluid mechanics; Micromechanical and nanomechanical devices and systems; Integrated optics; Optical waveguides; CMOS integrated circuits

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