Publications

2011




• Isabella H. Rey, Yannick Lefevre, Sebastian A. Schulz1, Nathalie Vermeulen, and Thomas F. Krauss, "Scaling of Raman amplification in realistic slow-light photonic crystal waveguides," Physical Review B, 84(3), 035306, 2011.

• F. Y. Gardes, D. J. Thomson, N. G. Emerson and G. T. Reed, "40 Gb/s silicon photonics modulator for TE and TM polarisations," Optics Express, 19(12), 11804-11814, 2011.

• D. J. Thomson, F. Y. Gardes, Y. Hu, G. Mashanovich, M. Fournier, P. Grosse, J-M. Fedeli and G. T. Reed, "High contrast 40Gbit/s optical modulation in silicon," Optics Express, 19(12), 11507-11516, 2011.

• Roney Thomas, Zoran Ikonic, Robert W. Kelsall, "Plasmonic enhanced electro-optic stub modulator on a SOI platform," Photonics and Nanostructures - Fundamentals and Applications, 9 (1) 101-107, 2011.

• J. Li, L. O'Faolain, I. H. Rey, T. F. Krauss, "Four-wave mixing in photonic crystal waveguides: slow light enhancement and limitations, " Optics Express, 19 (5) 4458-4463, 2011.

• Xue-Cao Liu, M. Myronov, A. Dobbie, R. J. H. Morris, and D. R. Leadley, "High quality Ge/SiGe multiple quantum wells grown by reduced-pressure chemical vapour deposition for photonic applications," Journal of Physics D. Applied Physics, 44 055102, 2011.

• Xue-Cao Liu, M. Myronov, A. Dobbie, Van H. Nguyen, and D. R. Leadley, "Non-destructive thickness characterization of Si based heterostructure by x-ray diffraction and reflectivity," Solid State Electronics, 60 (1), 42-45, 2011.
  

• M. Myronov, Xue-Cao Liu, A. Dobbie, and D.R. Leadley, "Control of Epilayer thickness during epitaxial growth of high Ge content strained Ge/SiGe multilayers by RP-CVD," Journal of Crystal Growth, 318 (1), 337–340, 2011.

• Leon Lever, Zoran Ikonic, and Robert W Kelsall, "Indirect optical absorption calculations in Ge/SiGe MQW heterostructures," E-MRS Spring meeting, Nice, May 2011.

• Roney Thomas, Zoran Ikonic, Robert Kelsall, "Electro-absorption and interference modulators with gap plasmon mode structures," E-MRS Spring meeting, Nice, May 2011.

• A. P. Knights, J. K. Doylend, D. F. Logan, J. J. Ackert, P. E. Jessop, P. Velha, M. Sorel, R. M. De La Rue, "Defect mediated detection of wavelengths around 1550 nm in a ring resonant structure," Proc. SPIE 7943, 794308, 2011.

• Roney Thomas, Zoran Ikonic, Robert W. Kelsall, "SiGe metallized stub and plasmonic gap mode electro-absorption modulators," Proc. SPIE 7943, 79431A, 2011.

• Y. Hu, F. Y. Gardes, R. M. Jenkins, E. D. Finlayson, G. Z. Mashanovich, and G. T. Reed, "Design of SOI wavelength filter based on multiple MMI structures," Proc. SPIE, vol. 7943, paper 79430X, 2011.

• Y. Hu, F. Y. Gardes, G. Z. Mashanovich, and G. T. Reed, "SOI ring resonators with controllable MMI coupler sections," Proc. SPIE, vol. 7943, paper 794311, 2011.

• F. Y. Gardes, D. J. Thomson, and G. T. Reed, "40 Gb/s high speed silicon modulators for TE and TM polarisation," Proc. SPIE, vol. 7943, 794319, 2011.

• D. J. Thomson, F. Y. Gardes, Y. Hu, A. Ahmed, G. T. Reed, G. Rasigade, M. Ziebell, D. Marris-Morini, L. Vivien, A. Brimont, P. Sanchis, J.-M. Fédéli, F. Milesi, C. Min, "Silicon-based optical modulation within the HELIOS project," Proc. SPIE, vol 7943, 794316, 2011.




2010




• G. T. Reed, G. Z. Mashanovich, F. Y. Gardes, and D. J. Thomson, "Silicon optical modulators," Nature Photonics, 4, pp. 518–526, 2010.

• L. O'Faolain, S. A. Schulz, D. M. Beggs, T. P. White, L. Spasenovic, L. Kuipers, F. Morichetti, A. Melloni, J. Mazoyer, P. Hugonin, P. Lalanne, T. F. Krauss, "Loss engineered slow light waveguides," Optics Express, 18 (26) 27627-27638, 2010.

• S. Schulz, L. O'Faolain, D. M. Beggs, T. P. White, A. Melloni, T. F. Krauss, "Dispersion-engineered slow light in photonic crystals: A comparison," Journal Of Optics, 12 (10) 104004, 2010.

• L. O'Faolain, D. M. Beggs, T. P. White, T. Kampfrath, L. Kuipers, T. F. Krauss, "Compact Optical Switches and Modulators Based on Dispersion Engineered Photonic Crystals," IEEE Photonics Journal, 2 (3), 404-414, 2010.

• L. Lever, Z. Ikonic, A. Valavanis, J. Cooper, R. W. Kelsall, "Design of Ge/SiGe quantumconfined Stark effect electroabsorption heterostructures for CMOS compatible photonics," IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, 28 (22), 3273-3281, 2010.

• Liam O’Faolain, Daryl M. Beggs, Thomas P. White, Tobias Kampfrath, Kobus Kuipers and Thomas F. Krauss, "Compact Optical Switches and Modulators Based on Dispersion Engineered Photonic Crystals," IEEE Photonics Journal, 2 (3), 404-414, 2010.

D. J. Thomson, G. T. Reed, A. P. Knights, P. Y. Yang, F. Y. Gardes, A. J. Smith, and K. L. Litvinenko, "Total internal reflection optical switch in SOI with defect engineered barrier region," J. Lightwave Technol., 28 (17), 2483-2491, 2010.

• F.Y. Gardes, D. Thomson, G.T. Reed, L. O'Faolain, T.F. Krauss, L. Lever, R. Kelsall, Z. Ikonic, D. Marris-Morini, G. Rasigade, L. Vivien, A. Brimont, P. Sanchis, F. Milesi, J-M. Fedeli "Undertaking research in the field of silicon optical modulators in the framework of the Helios and UK silicon photonics projects," Group IV photonics, Beijing 2010 (invited).

• TF Krauss, DM Beggs, L. O'Faolain, J Li., TP White, F Gardes and GT Reed, "Slow Light Photonic Crystal Switches an Modulators", SPIE Photonics West, January 2010. (invited)

• TF Krauss, DM Beggs, L. O'Faolain, J Li., TP White, F Gardes and G T Reed, "Photonic Crystal Switches and Modulators", ECIO, Cambridge April 2010. (invited)

• G. T. Reed, "Optical modulators in Silicon", 15th European Conference on Integrated Optics (ECIO 15), Cambridge, 7 – 9 April 2010. (invited)

• G. T. Reed, N. Wright, G. Z. Mashanovich, B. Timotijevic, T. F. Krauss, T. P. White, L. O’Faolain, R. W. Kelsall, L. Lever, Z. Ikonic, A. Valavanis,D. Leadley, E. Findlayson, and R. M. Jenkins, "The UK Silicon Photonics Project", Silicon Photonics and Photonic Integrated Circuits, Photonics Europe 2010, Proc SPIE 7719, Brussells 12 – 16 April, 2010. (invited).

• D. Marris-Morrini, G. Rasigade, L. Vivien, D. J. Thomson, F. Gardes, G. T. Reed, P. Crozat, and E. Cassan, "Carrier depletion based silicon optical modulators", Silicon Photonics and Photonic Integrated Circuits, Photonics Europe 2010, Proc SPIE 7719, Brussells 12 – 16 April, 2010. (invited).

• G. T. Reed, "What does a university group want from a silicon photonics fab?", Silicon Photonics Forum 2010, Friday 30 April 2010, IMEC, Leuven, Belgium. (invited).

• G. T. Reed, F. Y. Gardes, G. Z. Mashanovich, Y. Hu, and D. Thomson, "Recent developments of silicon optical modulators" Integrated Photonics Research, Silicon and Nano Photonics(IPR) Monterey, California, USA, July 25-28, 2010. (invited).

• G. T. Reed, D. J. Thomson, F. Y. Gardes, W. Headley, and G. Z. Mashanovich, "Optical modulators in silicon" Photonics West 2010, San Francisco, CA, USA, January 2010. (invited).

• L. Lever, Z. Ikonic, A. Valavanis, R. W. Kelsall, "Design of Ge/SiGe quantum-confined Stark effect modulators for CMOS compatible photonics", SPIE Photonics West 2010, San Francisco, USA, 23-28 Jan 2010, Proc. SPIE, Vol. 7606, Art. No. 76060Q (1-9) (2010).

• R. Thomas, Z. Ikonic, R. W. Kelsall, "Applications of plasmonics in SiGe stub electroabsorption modulators in the communications wavelength range", Plasmonics UK Meeting, 10 May 2010, Institute of Physics, London, UK.

• A. Valavanis, Z. Ikonic, R. W. Kelsall, "Optimal design of slow-light enhanced tapered Si Raman amplifiers", Accepted for presentation: symposium J : Silicon-based nanophotonics, of the E-MRS 2010 Spring Meeting, Strasbourg, France, 7-11 June 2010.

• M. M. Milosevic, G. Z. Mashanovich, F. Y. Gardes, Y. Hu, A. P. Knights, N. G. Tarr, G. T. Reed, "Athermal and low loss ridge silicon waveguides," Photonics West Conference, San Francisco, California, USA, 23-28 January 2010, pp. 7606-44.

• L. Vivien, J. Osmond, G. Rasigade, D. Marris-Morini, P. Crozat, E. Cassan, J.-M. Fédéli, J. F. Damlencourt, D. Thomson, F. Y. Gardes, G. T. Reed, D. Van Thourhout, and J. Brouckaert, "Modulators and photodetectors developed in the framework of the European HELIOS project" San Francisco, CA, United States, Proc. SPIE, vol. 7606, 2010.

• G. T. Reed, F. Y. Gardes, Youfang Hu, D. Thomson, L. Lever, R. Kelsall, and Z. Ikonic, "Silicon photonics: optical modulators" San Francisco, CA, United States, Proc. SPIE, vol. 7608, 2010.

• G. T. Reed, W. R. Headley, G. Z. Mashanovich, F. Y. Gardes, D. J. Thomson, and M. M. Milosevic, “The Evolution of Integration,” in Silicon Photonics for Telecommunications and Biomedical Applications, Eds. Bahram Jalali and Sasan Fathpour, Taylor & Francis Books, Inc (in press)

• Ansheng Liu, Frederic Y Gardes, Ling Liao, Rebecca Schaevitz, Graham T Reed, and Mario Paniccia “Silicon high speed modulators,” in Broadband Optical Modulators, to be published by Taylor & Francis.

• T.F. Krauss, “Dispersion engineering”, in “Recent Developments in Photonic Nanostructures”, S. Noda, T. Baba (eds.) CMC Publishing, Osaka, Japan, 2010

2009




• M. Grande, L. O'Faolain, T. P. White, M. Spurny, A. D'Orazio and T. F. Krauss, "Optical filter with very large stopband (approximate to 300 nm) based on a photonic-crystal verticaldirectional coupler," Optics Letters, 34 (21) 3292-3294, 2009.

• D. M. Beggs, T. P. White, L. Cairns, L. O’Faolain, and T. F. Krauss, "Demonstration of an integrated optical switch in a silicon photonic crystal directional coupler," Physica E- Lowdimensional systems and nanostructures, 41, 1111–1114, 2009.

• D. M. Beggs, L. O’Faolain, and T. F. Krauss, "Accurate determination of hole sizes in photonic crystal slabs using an optical measurement," Physica E- Low-dimensional systems and nanostructures, 41, 1115–1117, 2009.

• M. M. Milosevic, P. S. Matavulj, P. Y. Yang, A. Bagolini, and G. Z. Mashanovich, "Rib waveguides for mid-infrared silicon photonics," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B, 26 (9), 1760-1766, 2009.

• F.Y. Gardes, A. Brimont, P. Sanchis, G. Rasigade, D. Marris-Morini, L. O'Faolain, F. Dong, J.M. Fedeli, P. Dumon, L. Vivien, T.F. Krauss, G.T. Reed, J. Martí, "High-speed modulation of a compact silicon ring resonator based on a reverse-biased pn diode," Optics Express, 17 (24), 21986-21991, 2009.

• B. Corcoran, C. Monat, C. Grillet, D. J. Moss, B. J. Eggleton, T. P. White, L. O'Faolain and T. F. Krauss, "Green light emission in silicon through slow-light enhanced third-harmonic generation in photonic-crystal waveguides," Nature Photonics, 3, 206 - 210, 2009.

• A. Di Falco, L. O. Faolain, and T. F. Krauss, "Chemical sensing in slotted photonic crystal heterostructure cavities," Applied Physics Letters, 94, pp. 063503-1 - 063503-3, 2009.

• Daryl M. Beggs, Thomas P. White, Lee Cairns, Liam O Faolain, and Thomas F. Krauss, "Ultrashort photonic crystal optical switch actuated by a microheater," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 21 (1), 24-26, 2009.

• Christelle Monat, Bill Corcoran, Majid Ebnali-Heidari, Christian Grillet, Benjamin J. Eggleton, Thomas P. White, Liam O Faolain, and Thomas. F. Krauss, "Slow light enhancement of nonlinear effects in silicon engineered photonic crystal waveguides," Optics Express, 17 (4), 2944-2953, 2009.

• M. Galli, S. L. Portalupi, M. Belotti, L. C. Andreani, L. O Faolain, and T. F. Krauss, "Light scattering and Fano resonances in high-Q photonic crystal nanocavities," Applied Physics Letters, 94, 071101-1 - 071101-3, 2009.

• B. Timotijevic, G. Mashanovich, A. Michaeli, O. Cohen, V. M. N. Passaro, J. Crnjanski, and G. T. Reed, " Tailoring the spectral response of add/drop single- and multiple-resonators in silicon-on-insulator," Chinese Optics Letters, 7 (4), 291-295, 2009.

• F. Y. Gardes, A. Brimont, P. Sanchis Kilders, G. Rasigade, D. Marris-Morini, L. O'Faolain, F. Dong, J.-M. Fedeli, P. Dumon, L. Vivien, T. F. Krauss, G. T. Reed, J. Marti, "High-Speed Modulation of a Compact Silicon Ring Resonator," Group IV Photonics, San Francisco, paper FC2, 9-11 September 2009. (invited)

• L. Lever, Z. Ikonic, and R. W. Kelsall, "Quantum-Confined Stark Effect Electro-Absorption Modulators for CMOS Compatible Photonics," Group IV Photonics, San Francisco, 9-11 September 2009.

• L. Lever, Z. Ikonic, and R. W. Kelsall, "Ge/SiGe QCSE modulators for CMOS compatible photonics," UK Semiconductors, Sheffield, 1-2 July 2009.

• G. T. Reed, G. Mashanovich, F. Y. Gardes, R. M. Gwilliam, N. M. Wright, D. J. Thomson, B. D. Timotijevic, K. L. Litvinenko, W. R. Headley, A. J. Smith, A. P. Knights, P. E. Jessop, N. G. Tarr, J. H. B. Deane, "Silicon Photonics at the University of Surrey," (invited) SPIE Europe, Microtechnologies for the New Millenium, Dresden, Germany, 4-6 May 2009.

• L. Lever, Z. Ikonic, and R. W. Kelsall, "Resonant cavity enhanced waveguide-integrated Ge photodectors for L-band CMOS compatible photonics," Semiconductor and Integrated Opto-electronics Conference, Cardiff, 6-8 April 2009.

• J.-M. Fedeli, J. Marti, D. Van Thourhout, G. Reed, and T. White, "Silicon photonics developments in Europe," (invited) Photonics West 2009, San Jose, CA, USA, January 2009.

• N. M. Wright, D. J. Thomson, K. L. Litvinenko, W. R. Headley, A. J. Smith, A. P. Knights, J. H. B. Deane, F. Y. Gardes, G. Z. Mashanovich, R. Gwilliam, and G. T. Reed, "Free carrier lifetime modification in silicon," Photonics West 2009.

• M. M. Milosevic, F. Y. Gardes, A. P. Knights, N. G. Tarr, G. Z. Mashanovich, G. T. Reed, "Low loss LOCOS waveguides for silicon photonics," Silicon Based Emission Technology(SiBET) Conference, Manchester, UK, 14-17 June 2009.

• P. Matavulj, D. Bradic, M. M. Milosevic, G. Z. Mashanovich, "Design and modeling of siliconon- insulator strip waveguides," II International School and Conference on Photonics - Photonica09, Belgrade, Serbia, 24-28 August 2009.

2008




• T. F. Krauss, "Why do we need slow light," Nature Photonics, 2 (8), 17076-17081, 2008.

• T. P. White, L. O'Faolain, J. Li, L. C. Andreani, and T F Krauss, "Silica-embedded silicon photonic crystal waveguides," Optics Express, 16 (21), 17076-17081, 2008.

• N. M. Wright, D. J. Thomson, K. L. Litvinenko, W. R. Headley, A. J. Smith, A. P. Knights, J. H. B. Deane, F. Y. Gardes, G. Z. Mashanovich, R. Gwilliam, and G. T. Reed, "Free carrier lifetime modification for silicon waveguide based devices," Optics Express, 16, pp. 19779-19784, 2008.

• M. Milosevic, P. Matavulj, B. D. Timotijevic, G. T. Reed, and G. Z. Mashanovich, "Design rules for single mode and polarization independent silicon-on-insulator rib waveguides using stress engineering," Journal of Lightwave Technology, 26, 1840-1846,2008.

• G. Z. Mashanovich, M. Milosevic, P. Matavulj, B. Timotijevic, S. Stankovic, P. Y. Yang, E. J. Teo, M. B. H. Breese, A. A. Bettiol, and G. T. Reed, "Silicon photonic waveguides for different wavelength regions," Semiconductor Sci. Technol., 23, 064002, 2008.

• N. M. Wright, D. J. Thomson, F. Y. Gardes, W. R. Headley, A. J. Smith, A. P. Knights, K. L. Litvinenko, G. Z. Mashanovich, R. Gwilliam, and G. T. Reed, "Free carrier lifetime modification for silicon waveguide based devices," 5th IEEE/LEOS International Conference on Group IV Photonics, Sorrento, Italy, 17-19 September 2008.