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We fabricated and characterized a single-crystal silicon phonon waveguide structure with lead zirconate titanate (PZT) piezoelectric transducers. The compressive stress in a silicon-on-insulator wafer causes a membrane waveguide to buckle,…
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Photonic integrated circuits (PICs) are crucial for advancing optical communications, promising substantial gains in data transmission speed, bandwidth, and energy efficiency compared to conventional electronics. Telecom-wavelength…
Programmable photonic integrated circuits (PICs) have recently emerged as an important technology for quantum information science and artificial neural networks. In particular, PICs with MEMS-based modulators have the advantages of…
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