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Project

Electro-mechanical coupling in Silicon photonics.

Outputs and Outcomes

Code

01CD5221

Duration

01 March 2022 → 31 August 2022

Funding

Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund

Promotor

Dries Van Thourhout

Fellow

Irfan Ansari

Research disciplines

Natural sciences
- Photonics, optoelectronics and optical communications

Keywords

Optomechanics MEMS Silicon Photonics

Project description

Silicon photonics is one of the most mature platforms for realizing photonic ICs but lacks electromechanical coupling due to Silicon’s centro-symmetry. This deprives this platform of the option to harness efficient acousto-optic interactions. In this project, we counter this deficiency by integrating our in-house developed piezoelectric thin film, Lead Zirconium Titanate (PZT), and explore highperformance MEMS based photonics devices.

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