Addressing a long-standing challenge in photonic integrated circuit design, researchers demonstrate that a miniature erbium-doped waveguide amplifier provides efficient and high-power optical ...

Fig. 1 Design and modal evolution of the SSC-integrated EDWA chip. (a) the schematic of the SSC-integrated EDWA chip, (b) the simulated modal evolution in the SSC region with the insets (i-v) showing ...

Using a newly-developed waveguide, scientists at Yale have created a method to significantly increase the power of laser light on a silicon chip by boosting it with sound waves. The researchers ...

All in one: A photo of the photonic integrated circuit. The chip was fabricated in layers, with the laser on top and the waveguides at the bottom. (Courtesy: Chao Xiang) Researchers in the US have ...

In the last decade, there have been major university and corporate research efforts and tangible advances in integrated photonics. The objective has been to develop building blocks that will transform ...

Scientists at EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, have developed photonic integrated circuits that demonstrated a new principle of light amplification on a silicon chip. They say can be employed for optical ...

The world's highest gain high-power laser amplifier, which could amplify sounds from rustling of leaves to that of a jumbo jet, has been developed in the UK. (YouTube) The world’s highest gain ...