Research

Silicon Photonics

“Silicon photonics has the potential to create low-cost, high-volume and reliable integrated circuits due to its compatibility with mature CMOS fabrication technology. Our hybrid silicon platform integrates active optical components on a silicon chip by coupling light evanescently from a waveguide to a bonded III/V layer.”

Dr. Martijn Heck

Dr. Di Liang

Dr. Zhi Wang

Jared Bauters

Andy Chang

Hui-Wen Chen

Michael Davenport

Siddharth Jain

Geza Kurczveil

Energy Efficiency

--Thermoelectrics

Dr. Gehong Zeng

Je-Hyeong Bahk

--Photovoltaics

Linear Photonic Rf Front-End Technology (PHOR-FRONT)

“The goal of PHOR-FRONT is to provide a universal photonic radio frequency front-end that simultaneously achieves high dynamic range and high instantaneous bandwidth (IBW) RF-to-bits receivers.”

Anand Ramaswamy

Molly Piels

Photodetectors

High Aspect Ratio Transmission Lines Fabricated Using Silicon Micromachining

“In this project we focus on using MEMS micromachining methods to improve the performance of transmission lines on silicon. [...] The result is a low-loss, high-isolation transmission line platform that has a planar surface.”