• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 13, Issue 5, 1341 (2025)
Yang Liu1,†,*, Jing Zhang1,†, Laurens Bogaert1..., Emadreza Soltanian1, Evangelia Delli1, Konstantin Morozov2, Sergey Mikhrin2, Johanna Rimböck3, Guy Lepage4, Peter Verheyen4, Joris Van Campenhout4, Peter Ossieur5, Geert Morthier1 and Gunther Roelkens1|Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1Photonics Research Group, INTEC, Ghent University - imec, 9052 Ghent, Belgium
  • 2Innolume GmbH, 44263 Dortmund, Germany
  • 3EV Group E.Thallner GmbH, 4782 St. Florian am Inn, Austria
  • 4IMEC, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
  • 5IDLab, INTEC, Ghent University - imec, 9052 Ghent, Belgium
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.545946 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Yang Liu, Jing Zhang, Laurens Bogaert, Emadreza Soltanian, Evangelia Delli, Konstantin Morozov, Sergey Mikhrin, Johanna Rimböck, Guy Lepage, Peter Verheyen, Joris Van Campenhout, Peter Ossieur, Geert Morthier, Gunther Roelkens, "Micro-transfer printing of O-band InAs/GaAs quantum-dot SOAs on silicon photonic integrated circuits," Photonics Res. 13, 1341 (2025) Copy Citation Text show less

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    Silicon photonics (SiPh) technology has become a key platform for developing photonic integrated circuits due to its CMOS compatibility and scalable manufacturing. However, integrating efficient on-chip optical sources and in-line amplifiers remains challenging due to silicon’s indirect bandgap. In this study, we developed prefabricated standardized InAs/GaAs quantum-dot (QD) active devices optimized for micro-transfer printing and successfully integrated them on SiPh integrated circuits. By transfer-printing standardized QD devices onto specific regions of the SiPh chip, we realized O-band semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs), distributed feedback (DFB) lasers, and widely tunable lasers (TLs). The SOAs reached an on-chip gain of 7.5 dB at 1299 nm and maintained stable performance across a wide input power range. The integrated DFB lasers achieved waveguide (WG)-coupled output powers of up to 19.7 mW, with a side-mode suppression ratio (SMSR) of 33.3 dB, and demonstrated notable robustness against optical feedback, supporting error-free data rates of 30 Gbps without additional isolators. Meanwhile, the TLs demonstrated a wavelength tuning range exceeding 35 nm, and a WG-coupled output power greater than 3 mW. The micro-transfer printing approach effectively decouples the fabrication of non-native devices from the SiPh process, allowing back-end integration of the III–V devices. Our approach offers a viable path toward fully integrated III–V/SiPh platforms capable of supporting high-speed, high-capacity communication.
    RIN(dB/Hz)=10log10((δP(t))2P02)10log10(Δf),

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    Yang Liu, Jing Zhang, Laurens Bogaert, Emadreza Soltanian, Evangelia Delli, Konstantin Morozov, Sergey Mikhrin, Johanna Rimböck, Guy Lepage, Peter Verheyen, Joris Van Campenhout, Peter Ossieur, Geert Morthier, Gunther Roelkens, "Micro-transfer printing of O-band InAs/GaAs quantum-dot SOAs on silicon photonic integrated circuits," Photonics Res. 13, 1341 (2025)
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