*Abstract: Hybrid integration of two-dimensional (2D) materials with photonic integrated circuits have attracted widespread interest in recent years, and can offer supplementary functionalities which may not otherwise be available in passive planar lightwave platforms. Photodetection, optical modulation and enhanced nonlinear optical effects are some of the addition functionalities that can be introduced using different 2D materials. In this presentation, first, a hybrid integration platform for integrating graphene with bound states in the continuum (BICs) photonic integrated circuits is proposed. It avoids the possible shortcomings of the sharp corners of conventional waveguide-ridge which may perturb the 2D lattice and reduce the electrical mobility of the 2D materials, while typically providing a larger optical field overlap with the 2D material than is possible by placing the 2D material on top of a conventional waveguide cladding. Besides, this integration scheme can be generically applied to any single-crystal dielectric substrates, while ensuring strong light–matter interactions and high fabrication yields. We describe some examples of hybrid photonic devices demonstrated by the hybrid integration of graphene on lithium niobate, including thermo-optic switches and filters, ultrafast photodetectors with 40-GHz detection frequency bandwidth, and electro-optic modulators with several GHz modulation bandwidth. Next, we describe results using this approach for hybrid integration of phototodetectors and optical modulators using the semiconducting phases of group-10 transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) materials, which unlike graphene, have lower darkcurrent and less shot for mid-infrared photodetectors. Finally, a low loss mode converter of dielectric waveguide mode to deep subwavelength plasmonic slot mode is proposed which potentially can be applied for sensing and ultra-compact optoelectronic devices. |
*Profile: Yi Wang is a Postdoctoral research Fellow in Electronic Engineering department at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) (2021.01-now). She graduated with a B.Sc. degree from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China in 2014 and received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from CUHK in 2020 under the supervision of Prof. Hon Ki Tsang. Her research work mainly focuses on the hybrid integration of two-dimensional (2D) materials for high-speed optoelectronic devices including photodetectors and modulators. She has published over 20 papers in international important academic journals, including 5 first author papers including Applied Physics Letter (APL), ACS Photonics, Advanced Optical Materials, and IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology. She has did 8 times oral presentations in CLEO, IPC, OECC, and other internationally renowned optical conferences. Her research work has received attention and recognition from domestic and foreign peers and were invited to give an invited talk at the 2022 Asia Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP) and won the 2022 Rising Stars Women in Engineering. |