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Prospects and applications of on-chip lasers.

Zhican Zhou, Xiangpeng Ou, Yuetong Fang, Emad Alkhazraji, Renjing Xu, Yating Wan, John E Bowers

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Review in eLight, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

50 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Zhican Zhou *Integrated Photonics Lab, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Makkah Province Saudi Arabia.
Xiangpeng Ou *Integrated Photonics Lab, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Makkah Province Saudi Arabia.
Yuetong Fang *Function Hub, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), Guangdong, China.
Emad Alkhazraji *Integrated Photonics Lab, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Makkah Province Saudi Arabia.
Renjing XuFunction Hub, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), Guangdong, China.
Yating WanIntegrated Photonics Lab, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Makkah Province Saudi Arabia.
John E BowersInstitute for Energy Efficiency, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Integrated silicon photonics has sparked a significant ramp-up of investment in both academia and industry as a scalable, power-efficient, and eco-friendly solution. At the heart of this platform is the light source, which in itself, has been the focus of research and development extensively. This paper sheds light and conveys our perspective on the current state-of-the-art in different aspects of application-driven on-chip silicon lasers. We tackle this from two perspectives: device-level and system-wide points of view. In the former, the different routes taken in integrating on-chip lasers are explored from different material systems to the chosen integration methodologies. Then, the discussion focus is shifted towards system-wide applications that show great prospects in incorporating photonic integrated circuits (PIC) with on-chip lasers and active devices, namely, optical communications and interconnects, optical phased array-based LiDAR, sensors for chemical and biological analysis, integrated quantum technologies, and finally, optical computing. By leveraging the myriad inherent attractive features of integrated silicon photonics, this paper aims to inspire further development in incorporating PICs with on-chip lasers in, but not limited to, these applications for substantial performance gains, green solutions, and mass production.

Indexed as

CommunicationLiDAROn-chip lasersOptical computingPhotonic integrationSilicon photonics

Identifiers

PMID36618904
PMCPMC9810524

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