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Micro-Opto-Mechanical Pressure Sensor (MOMPS) in Sin Integrated Photonics Platform

Jansen R., Rochus V., Goyvaerts J., Vandenboch G., van de Voort B., Neutens P., O’Callaghan J., Tilmans H.A.C., Rottenberg X., IMEC, BE

This paper presents a Micro-Opto-Mechanical Pressure Sensor (MOMPS) manufactured in a SiN integrated photonic platform for short wavelength implementation. It implements a single wavelength Mach Zehnder Interferometer (MZI) system allowing a simple readout system. We [...]

Mid-infrared Silicon Platform for Chip-scale Chemical Sensors

Lin H.-Y.G., Lin P-T, Lin H.-Y.G., Lin P-T, Singh V., Patel N.S., Hu J., Richardson K., Luzinov I., Hensley J., Kimerling L., Murthy Agarwal A., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US

Mid-Infrared optofluidics based silicon sensor platforms are demonstrated. Silicon is a great candidate for mid-infrared optofluidics for the following reasons: (1) Silicon has a broad transmission window up to 7 um (2) Silicon offers CMOS [...]

Design, Fabrication and Characterization of Inverse Adiabatic Fiber-To-Chip Couplers

Araghchini M., Khilo A., Holzwarth C.W., Dahlem M.S., Smith H.I., Ippen E.P., Kärtner F.X., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US

In silicon photonics, light sources are typically located off-chip and connected to the chip with optical fibers. The problem of efficient coupling between the fiber and a submicron waveguide is challenging because the mode areas [...]