Tigers Jonuzi

TL;DR: A programmable mesh of Mach–Zehnder interferometers is used to automatically control the complex field radiated and captured by an array of optical antennas and can self-configure through automated control strategies and be integrated with other functionalities implemented onto the same photonic chip.

TL;DR: In this article , a reconfigurable high-refractive index core/phase-change shell nanoantenna is proposed, which can switch between amorphous and crystalline phases by thermal annealing or laser irradiation.

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors extend silicon photonics with MEMS actuators to enable low power, large scale programmable photonic circuits, and implement phase shifters and tunable couplers using electrostatically actuated MEMS, while maintaining all the original functionality of the silicon photonic platform.

TL;DR: In this article , the authors present the recent progress of such complex photonic circuits powered by silicon photonic MEMS actuators, which allow flexible reconfiguration of on-chip optical connections, controlled through electronics and software.

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors present their work in the European project MORPHIC to extend an established silicon photonics platform with low-power and nonvolatile micro-electromechanical (MEMS) actuators to demonstrate large-scale programmable photonic integrated circuits (PICs).