Integrated silicon photonics system promises smaller, cheaper and faster fiber optical telecommunications

Dr. Andrew Knights and his colleague Dr. Paul Jessop

Dr. Andrew Knights (top) and his colleague Dr. Paul Jessop, in the Department of Engineering Physics at McMaster University

Dr. Andrew Knights and his colleague Dr. Paul Jessop, in the Department of Engineering Physics at McMaster University, broke new ground recently when their team integrated all the photonic devices required for tunable waveguide detection on a single silicon device. The device could operate at wavelengths from 1510 to 1600 nanometers—a range suited for applications in fiber optic telecommunications.

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