5 March 2022Silicon organic hybrid (SOH) and silicon-nitride-organic hybrid (SiNOH) integration: From electro-optic modulators to visible-wavelength lasers
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Silicon-on-insulator and silicon nitride (Si3N4) are powerful integration platforms for photonic circuits, offering cost-efficient mass production at high yield. However, both material systems lack important optical properties such as strong electro-optic effects and the ability to efficiently emit light that are indispensable for realizing advanced on-chip systems. These deficiencies can be overcome by combining passive silicon or Si3N4 waveguides with functional organic cladding materials in a hybrid approach. In this talk, we briefly summarize our work on hybrid electro-optic modulators and then focus on low-cost silicon-organic hybrid (SOH) and Si3N4-organic hybrid (SiNOH) lasers. These devices can be efficiently realized by depositing light-emitting cladding materials onto pre-processed waveguide structures. SOH and SiNOH lasers can address both near-infrared and visible wavelengths and may open an attractive path towards low-cost biosensors for point-of-care diagnostics.
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Christian Koos, Wolfgang Freude, Daria Kohler, Johannes Milvich, Clemens Kieninger, Heiner Zwickel, "Silicon organic hybrid (SOH) and silicon-nitride-organic hybrid (SiNOH) integration: From electro-optic modulators to visible-wavelength lasers," Proc. SPIE PC12004, Integrated Optics: Devices, Materials, and Technologies XXVI, PC120040B (5 March 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2612836