Microcomb-driven silicon photonic systems
Microcombs have sparked a surge of applications over the past decade, ranging from
optical communications to metrology1–4. Despite their diverse deployment, most
microcomb-based systems rely on a large amount of bulky elements and equipment
to fulfil their desired functions, which is complicated, expensive and power
consuming. By contrast, foundry-based silicon photonics (SiPh) has had remarkable
success in providing versatile functionality in a scalable and low-cost manner5–7, but