Silicon-organic hybrid (SOH) — A platform for ultrafast optics

Silicon signal processing at bitrates beyond 100 Gb/s is demonstrated. A new enabling platform is reviewed, which relies both on silicon-based CMOS technology for waveguide fabrication, and on an organic cladding providing nonlinearity for switching.

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