On-chip wireless silicon photonics: from reconfigurable interconnects to lab-on-chip devices

Carlos García-Meca; Sergio Lechago; Antoine Brimont; Amadeu Griol; Sara Mas; Luis Sánchez; Laurent Bellieres; Nuria S Losilla; Javier Martí

doi:10.1038/lsa.2017.53

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On-chip wireless silicon photonics: from reconfigurable interconnects to lab-on-chip devices

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- On-chip wireless silicon photonics: from reconfigurable interconnects to lab-on-chip devices
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 6, Issue 3, (2017)
- Affiliations：
  
  Nanophotonics Technology Center, Universitat Politècnica de València, 46022 Valencia, Spain
- Author bio：
  
  J Martí, Email: jmarti@ntc.upv.es
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- DOI：10.1038/lsa.2017.53
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- Published：2017-09，
  
  Published Online：29 March 2017，
  
  Received：01 August 2016，
  
  Revised：21 March 2017，
  
  Accepted：23 March 2017
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García-Meca, C. et al. On-chip wireless silicon photonics: from reconfigurable interconnects to lab-on-chip devices. Light: Science & Applications, 6, e17053 (2017).
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García-Meca, C. et al. On-chip wireless silicon photonics: from reconfigurable interconnects to lab-on-chip devices. Light: Science & Applications, 6, e17053 (2017). DOI： 10.1038/lsa.2017.53.

摘要

Abstract

Photonic integrated circuits are developing as key enabling components for high-performance computing and advanced network-on-chip

as well as other emerging technologies such as lab-on-chip sensors

with relevant applications in areas from medicine and biotechnology to aerospace. These demanding applications will require novel features

such as dynamically reconfigurable light pathways

obtained by properly harnessing on-chip optical radiation. In this paper

we introduce a broadband

high directivity (

150)

low loss and reconfigurable silicon photonics nanoantenna that fully enables on-chip radiation control. We propose the use of these nanoantennas as versatile building blocks to develop wireless (unguided) silicon photonic devices

which considerably enhance the range of achievable integrated photonic functionalities. As examples of applications

we demonstrate 160 Gbit s

−1

data transmission over mm-scale wireless interconnects

a compact low-crosstalk 12-port crossing and electrically reconfigurable pathways via optical beam steering. Moreover

the realization of a flow micro-cytometer for particle characterization demonstrates the smart syste

m integration potential of our approach as lab-on-chip devices.

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Keywords

integrated opticslab-on-a-chip devicesnanoantennasensingsilicon photonics

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