CMOS-compatible high-index doped silica waveguide with an embedded silicon-nanocrystal strip for all-optical analog-to-digital conversion

Yuhua Li; Kun Zhu; Zhe Kang; Wai Lok Ho; Roy Davidson; Chao Lu; Brent E. Little; Sai Tak Chu

doi:10.1364/PRJ.7.001200

Photonics Research, Volume. 7, Issue 10, 1200(2019)

CMOS-compatible high-index doped silica waveguide with an embedded silicon-nanocrystal strip for all-optical analog-to-digital conversion Editors' Pick

Yuhua Li^1、†, Kun Zhu^2、†, Zhe Kang^2,5、*, Wai Lok Ho¹, Roy Davidson³, Chao Lu², Brent E. Little⁴, and Sai Tak Chu^1,6、*

Author Affiliations

¹Department of Physics, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

²Photonics Research Centre, Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

³QXP Technology Inc., Xi’an 710119, China

⁴State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics, XIOPM, CAS, Xi’an 710119, China

⁵e-mail: zhe.kang@polyu.edu.hk

⁶e-mail: saitchu@cityu.edu.hk

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Paper Information

Category: Silicon Photonics

Received: May. 28, 2019

Accepted: Aug. 26, 2019

Published Online: Sep. 29, 2019

The Author Email: Zhe Kang (zhe.kang@polyu.edu.hk), Sai Tak Chu (saitchu@cityu.edu.hk)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.7.001200

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