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Michael R. Watts
Researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Publications - 312
Citations - 11227
Michael R. Watts is an academic researcher from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Silicon photonics & Phased-array optics. The author has an hindex of 45, co-authored 305 publications receiving 9391 citations. Previous affiliations of Michael R. Watts include Sandia National Laboratories & State University of New York System.
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Large-scale nanophotonic phased array
TL;DR: This work demonstrates that a robust design, together with state-of-the-art complementary metal-oxide–semiconductor technology, allows large-scale NPAs to be implemented on compact and inexpensive nanophotonic chips and therefore extends the functionalities of phased arrays beyond conventional beam focusing and steering, opening up possibilities for large- scale deployment.
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Polarization-transparent microphotonic devices in the strong confinement limit
Tymon Barwicz,Michael R. Watts,Michael R. Watts,Miloš A. Popovi cacute,Peter T. Rakich,Luciano Socci,Franz X. Kärtner,Erich P. Ippen,Henry I. Smith +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, the first polarization-transparent add-drop filter from polarization-sensitive microring resonators is presented, which shows almost complete elimination of polarization sensitivity over the 60nm bandwidth measured, while maintaining outstanding filter performance.
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Coherent solid-state LIDAR with silicon photonic optical phased arrays
Christopher V. Poulton,Ami Yaacobi,David B. Cole,Matthew J. Byrd,Manan Raval,Diedrik Vermeulen,Michael R. Watts +6 more
TL;DR: This first demonstration of coherent solid-state light detection and ranging (LIDAR) using optical phased arrays in a silicon photonics platform is presented and paves the way for disruptive low-cost and compact LIDAR on-chip technology.
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An ultralow power athermal silicon modulator
Erman Timurdogan,Cheryl Sorace-Agaskar,Jie Sun,Ehsan Shah Hosseini,Aleksandr Biberman,Michael R. Watts +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors demonstrate a silicon modulator operating with less than one femtojoule energy and are able to compensate for thermal drift over a 7.5°C temperature range.
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Long-Range LiDAR and Free-Space Data Communication With High-Performance Optical Phased Arrays
Christopher V. Poulton,Matthew J. Byrd,Peter Russo,Erman Timurdogan,Murshed Khandaker,Diedrik Vermeulen,Michael R. Watts +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, high-performance integrated optical phased arrays along with first-of-their-kind light detection and ranging (LiDAR) and free-space data communication demonstrators are presented.