Recent progress in lasers on silicon

Silicon quantum wire array fabrication by electrochemical and chemical dissolution of wafers

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Optical gain in silicon nanocrystals

Pavesi, L., Dal Negro, L., Mazzoleni, C., Franzò, G., & Priolo, F. (2000) · Nature · doi:10.1038/35044012 · Cited by 2,315

Device Requirements for Optical Interconnects to Silicon Chips

Miller, D. (2009) · Proceedings of the IEEE · doi:10.1109/jproc.2009.2014298 · Cited by 1,966

Visible light emission due to quantum size effects in highly porous crystalline silicon

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Porous silicon: a quantum sponge structure for silicon based optoelectronics

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Electrically pumped hybrid AlGaInAs-silicon evanescent laser

Fang, A. W., Park, H., Cohen, O., Jones, R., Paniccia, M. J., & Bowers, J. E. (2006) · Optics Express · doi:10.1364/oe.14.009203 · Cited by 1,244

A continuous-wave Raman silicon laser

Rong, H., Jones, R., Liu, A., Cohen, O., Hak, D., Fang, A., & Paniccia, M. (2005) · Nature · doi:10.1038/nature03346 · Cited by 1,206

Ge-on-Si laser operating at room temperature

Liu, J., Sun, X., Camacho-Aguilera, R., Kimerling, L. C., & Michel, J. (2010) · Optics Letters · doi:10.1364/ol.35.000679 · Cited by 880

Silicon-based visible light-emitting devices integrated into microelectronic circuits

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Strong quantum-confined Stark effect in germanium quantum-well structures on silicon

Kuo, Y.-H., Lee, Y. K., Ge, Y., Ren, S., Roth, J. E., Kamins, T. I., Miller, D. A. B., & Harris, J. S. (2005) · Nature · doi:10.1038/nature04204 · Cited by 802

Demonstration of a silicon Raman laser

Boyraz, O., & Jalali, B. (2004) · Optics Express · doi:10.1364/opex.12.005269 · Cited by 777

Quantum Confinement in Size-Selected, Surface-Oxidized Silicon Nanocrystals

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Tensile-strained, n-type Ge as a gain medium for monolithic laser integration on Si

Liu, J., Sun, X., Pan, D., Wang, X., Kimerling, L. C., Koch, T. L., & Michel, J. (2007) · Optics Express · doi:10.1364/oe.15.011272 · Cited by 628

A fast low-power optical memory based on coupled micro-ring lasers

Hill, M. T., Dorren, H. J. S., de Vries, T., Leijtens, X. J. M., den Besten, J. H., Smalbrugge, B., Oei, Y.-S., Binsma, H., Khoe, G.-D., & Smit, M. K. (2004) · Nature · doi:10.1038/nature03045 · Cited by 622

Monolithic germanium/silicon avalanche photodiodes with 340 GHz gain–bandwidth product

Kang, Y., Liu, H.-D., Morse, M., Paniccia, M. J., Zadka, M., Litski, S., Sarid, G., Pauchard, A., Kuo, Y.-H., Chen, H.-W., et al. (2009) · Nature Photonics · doi:10.1038/nphoton.2008.247 · Cited by 608

Quantum confinement and light emission in SiO2/Si superlattices

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1.54 μm photoluminescence of Er3+ doped into SiO2 films containing Si nanocrystals: Evidence for energy transfer from Si nanocrystals to Er3+

Fujii, M., Yoshida, M., Kanzawa, Y., Hayashi, S., & Yamamoto, K. (1997) · Applied Physics Letters · doi:10.1063/1.119624 · Cited by 541

Electrically pumped InP-based microdisk lasers integrated with a nanophotonic silicon-on-insulator waveguide circuit

Van Campenhout, J., Rojo Romeo, P., Regreny, P., Seassal, C., Van Thourhout, D., Verstuyft, S., Di Cioccio, L., Fedeli, J.-M., Lagahe, C., & Baets, R. (2007) · Optics Express · doi:10.1364/oe.15.006744 · Cited by 513

Effect of size and roughness on light transmission in a Si/SiO2 waveguide: Experiments and model

Lee, K. K., Lim, D. R., Luan, H.-C., Agarwal, A., Foresi, J., & Kimerling, L. C. (2000) · Applied Physics Letters · doi:10.1063/1.1308532 · Cited by 438

An ultra-small, low-power, all-optical flip-flop memory on a silicon chip

Liu, L., Kumar, R., Huybrechts, K., Spuesens, T., Roelkens, G., Geluk, E.-J., de Vries, T., Regreny, P., Van Thourhout, D., Baets, R., et al. (2010) · Nature Photonics · doi:10.1038/nphoton.2009.268 · Cited by 425

All-silicon active and passive guided-wave components for λ = 1.3 and 1.6 µm

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31 GHz Ge n-i-p waveguide photodetectors on Silicon-on-Insulator substrate

Yin, T., Cohen, R., Morse, M. M., Sarid, G., Chetrit, Y., Rubin, D., & Paniccia, M. J. (2007) · Optics Express · doi:10.1364/oe.15.013965 · Cited by 397

Low-threshold continuous-wave Raman silicon laser

Rong, H., Xu, S., Kuo, Y.-H., Sih, V., Cohen, O., Raday, O., & Paniccia, M. (2007) · Nature Photonics · doi:10.1038/nphoton.2007.29 · Cited by 305

Optical gain and stimulated emission in periodic nanopatterned crystalline silicon

Cloutier, S. G., Kossyrev, P. A., & Xu, J. (2005) · Nature Materials · doi:10.1038/nmat1530 · Cited by 281

Monolithic integration of room-temperature cw GaAs/AlGaAs lasers on Si substrates via relaxed graded GeSi buffer layers

Groenert, M. E., Leitz, C. W., Pitera, A. J., Yang, V., Lee, H., Ram, R. J., & Fitzgerald, E. A. (2003) · Journal of Applied Physics · doi:10.1063/1.1525865 · Cited by 277

Plasma-assisted InP-to-Si low temperature wafer bonding

Pasquariello, D. M., & Hjort, K. (2002) · IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics · doi:10.1109/2944.991407 · Cited by 258

Hybrid silicon evanescent laser fabricated with a silicon waveguide and III-V offset quantum wells

Park, H., Fang, A. W., Kodama, S., & Bowers, J. E. (2005) · Optics Express · doi:10.1364/opex.13.009460 · Cited by 254

Room-temperature direct bandgap electroluminesence from Ge-on-Si light-emitting diodes

Sun, X., Liu, J., Kimerling, L. C., & Michel, J. (2009) · Optics Letters · doi:10.1364/ol.34.001198 · Cited by 241

A distributed feedback silicon evanescent laser

Fang, A. W., Lively, E., Kuo, Y.-H., Liang, D., & Bowers, J. E. (2008) · Optics Express · doi:10.1364/oe.16.004413 · Cited by 227

Laser emission and photodetection in an InP/InGaAsP layer integrated on and coupled to a Silicon-on-Insulator waveguide circuit

Roelkens, G., Van Thourhout, D., Baets, R., Nötzel, R., & Smit, M. (2006) · Optics Express · doi:10.1364/oe.14.008154 · Cited by 215

Optical modulator on silicon employing germanium quantum wells

Roth, J. E., Fidaner, O., Schaevitz, R. K., Kuo, Y.-H., Kamins, T. I., Harris, J. S., & Miller, D. A. B. (2007) · Optics Express · doi:10.1364/oe.15.005851 · Cited by 191

Integrated AlGaInAs-silicon evanescent race track laser and photodetector

Fang, A. W., Jones, R., Park, H., Cohen, O. M., Raday, O., Paniccia, M. J., & Bowers, J. E. (2007) · Optics Express · doi:10.1364/oe.15.002315 · Cited by 187

Electrically-pumped compact hybrid silicon microring lasers for optical interconnects

Liang, D., Fiorentino, M., Okumura, T., Chang, H.-H., Spencer, D. T., Kuo, Y.-H., Fang, A. W., Dai, D., Beausoleil, R. G., & Bowers, J. E. (2009) · Optics Express · doi:10.1364/oe.17.020355 · Cited by 174

Observation of Raman emission in silicon waveguides at 154 µm

Claps, R., Dimitropoulos, D., Han, Y., & Jalali, B. (2002) · Optics Express · doi:10.1364/oe.10.001305 · Cited by 167

Net continuous wave optical gain in a low loss silicon-on-insulator waveguide by stimulated Raman scattering

Jones, R., Rong, H., Liu, A., Fang, A. W., Paniccia, M. J., Hak, D., & Cohen, O. M. (2005) · Optics Express · doi:10.1364/opex.13.000519 · Cited by 167

Routes toward silicon-based lasers

Pavesi, L. (2004) · Materials Today · doi:10.1016/s1369-7021(04)00675-3 · Cited by 150

A Distributed Bragg Reflector Silicon Evanescent Laser

Fang, A., Koch, B. R., Jones, R., Lively, E., Liang, D., Kuo, Y.-H., & Bowers, J. E. (2008) · IEEE Photonics Technology Letters · doi:10.1109/lpt.2008.2003382 · Cited by 131

Highly efficient vertical outgassing channels for low-temperature InP-to-silicon direct wafer bonding on the silicon-on-insulator substrate

Liang, D., & Bowers, J. E. (2008) · Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures Processing Measurement and Phenomena · doi:10.1116/1.2943667 · Cited by 130

A Compact SOI-Integrated Multiwavelength Laser Source Based on Cascaded InP Microdisks

Campenhout, J. V., Liu, L., Romeo, P. R., Thourhout, D. V., Seassal, C., Régreny, P., Cioccio, L. D., Fédéli, J.-M., & Baets, R. (2008) · IEEE Photonics Technology Letters · doi:10.1109/lpt.2008.926857 · Cited by 123

GaSb-Based Laser, Monolithically Grown on Silicon Substrate, Emitting at 1.55 $\mu$m at Room Temperature

Cerutti, L., Rodriguez, J., & Tournié, E. (2010) · IEEE Photonics Technology Letters · doi:10.1109/lpt.2010.2042591 · Cited by 86

Towards population inversion of electrically pumped Er ions sensitized by Si nanoclusters

Jambois, O., Gourbilleau, F., Kenyon, A. J., et al. (2010) · Optics Express · doi:10.1364/oe.18.002230 · Cited by 83

Improved room-temperature continuous wave GaAs/AlGaAs and InGaAs/GaAs/AlGaAs lasers fabricated on Si substrates via relaxed graded GexSi1−x buffer layers

Groenert, M. E., Pitera, A. J., Ram, R. J., & Fitzgerald, E. A. (2003) · Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures Processing Measurement and Phenomena · doi:10.1116/1.1576397 · Cited by 69

High-Quality 150 mm InP-to-Silicon Epitaxial Transfer for Silicon Photonic Integrated Circuits

Liang, D., Bowers, J. E., Oakley, D. C., Napoleone, A., Chapman, D. C., Chen, C. L., Juodawlkis, P., & Raday, O. (2009) · Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters · doi:10.1149/1.3065994 · Cited by 57

Integrated AlGaInAs-silicon evanescent racetrack laser and photodetector

Fang, A. W., Jones, R., Park, H., et al. (2008) · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · doi:10.1117/12.767564 · Cited by 55

Improved design of an InP-based microdisk laser heterogeneously integrated with SOI

Spuesens, T., Liu, L., Vries, T. D., et al. (2009) · IEEE International Conference on Group IV Photonics (GFP) · doi:10.1109/group4.2009.5338395 · Cited by 44

Integration of hybrid silicon lasers and electroabsorption modulators

Sysak, M. N., Anthes, J. O., Bowers, J. E., Raday, O., & Jones, R. (2008) · Optics Express · doi:10.1364/oe.16.012478 · Cited by 43

Advances in quantum cryptography

Pirandola, S., Andersen, U. L., Banchi, L., Berta, M., Bunandar, D., Colbeck, R., Englund, D., Gehring, T., Lupo, C., Ottaviani, C., et al. (2020) · Advances in Optics and Photonics · doi:10.1364/aop.361502 · Cited by 2,033

Photonics for artificial intelligence and neuromorphic computing

Shastri, B. J., Tait, A. N., Ferreira de Lima, T., Pernice, W. H. P., Bhaskaran, H., Wright, C. D., & Prucnal, P. R. (2021) · Nature Photonics · doi:10.1038/s41566-020-00754-y · Cited by 1,756

Mid-infrared photonics in silicon and germanium

Soref, R. (2010) · Nature Photonics · doi:10.1038/nphoton.2010.171 · Cited by 1,460

Roadmap on silicon photonics

Thomson, D., Zilkie, A., Bowers, J. E., Komljenovic, T., Reed, G. T., Vivien, L., Marris-Morini, D., Cassan, E., Virot, L., Fédéli, J.-M., et al. (2016) · Journal of Optics · doi:10.1088/2040-8978/18/7/073003 · Cited by 1,363

Perovskite Microdisk Microlasers Self‐Assembled from Solution

Liao, Q., Hu, K., Zhang, H., Wang, X., Yao, J., & Fu, H. (2015) · Advanced Materials · doi:10.1002/adma.201500449 · Cited by 406