A direct UV writing technique that can create multiple Bragg gratings and waveguides in a planar silica-on-silicon chip is ... a wide variety of sensors have been enabled by optical technology ...

A research team led by Prof. Zhang Zhirong from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ...

Scientists at EPFL and IBM Research have developed a compact optical amplifier based on a photonic chip that vastly outperforms traditional optical amplifiers in both bandwidth and efficiency. This ...

Called a Cascaded-mode interferometer, it is a single waveguide on a silicon-on-insulator platform that can create multiple ...

Interferometers, devices that can modulate aspects of light, play the important role of modulating and switching light ...

Interferometers, devices that can modulate aspects of light, play the important role of modulating and switching light ...

The assortment of 1D nanostructured optoelectronic devices includes photodetectors, chemical and gas sensors ... waveguides is an important step towards on-chip routing of optical signals to ...

Modern communication networks require amplified optical signals to cover long distances without losing information. Common ...

Harvard physicists develop a novel cascaded-mode interferometer, enhancing light control for applications in fiber-optic ...

Scientists have developed a compact optical amplifier based on a photonic chip that vastly outperforms ... By carefully designing a tiny spiral waveguide, the researchers created a space where ...