Photonics Research Group
Featured Project
Nanophotonics Fabrication
At UBC, researchers and students are developing nanophotonics to solve the communication bottle neck between the CPU and memory in computers. Nanophotonics allows one to integrate optics onto...About
Our photonics research involves using light for applications including optical communications, medicine/biology, computing, and sensing.
Our projects involve design, modeling, and nanofabrication of lasers, in particular, Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers (VCSELs) and Semiconductor Ring Lasers (SRLs). We are developing new optical communication technologies with drastically enhanced performance enabling higher functionality systems. These are based on transistor lasers and optical injection locking.
We are also researching silicon photonic integrated circuits (PICs). We are developing nanophotonics devices to solve the communication bottle neck between the CPU and memory in computers. Nanophotonics allows one to integrate optics onto electronic chips to increase data communication. Our work currently focuses on designing passive structures (e.g. optical resonators, filters), as well as silicon modulators.
Latest Publications
| In Press |
Optical Oxygen Sensors for Applications in Microfluidic Cell Culture Journal Article | Sensors |
| In Press |
A trans-Canadian graduate course in silicon nanophotonics Magazine Article | Photons Magazine |
| 2010 |
Temperature Effects on Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) Racetrack Resonators: A Coupled Analytic and 2-D Finite Difference Approach Journal Article | Lightwave Technology, Journal of |
| 2010 |
Experimental Demonstration of the Vernier Effect using Series-Coupled Racetrack Resonators Conference Proceedings | 2010 International Conference on Optical MEMS & Nanophotonics |
| 2010 |
Design and characterization of microring reflectors with a waveguide crossing Journal Article | Optics Letters |
People
| Lukas Chrostowski | Associate Professor |
| Nicolas Jaeger | Professor |
