{"cited_by_count":1322752,"description":"This cluster of papers covers advances in silicon photonics technology, including optical modulators, microcavities, nanophotonic waveguides, biosensors, integrated circuits, Raman lasers, whispering gallery mode devices, optofluidic technology, and on-chip interconnects.","display_name":"Photonic and Optical Devices","domain_id":"3","external_ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/T10299","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_photonics"},"field_id":"22","id":"T10299","keywords":[{"display_name":"silicon photonics","id":"silicon-photonics","score":0.6226,"url":"https://openalex.org/keywords/silicon-photonics"},{"display_name":"integrated photonics","id":"integrated-photonics","score":0.3886,"url":"https://openalex.org/keywords/integrated-photonics"},{"display_name":"photonic integrated circuits","id":"photonic-integrated-circuits","score":0.4631,"url":"https://openalex.org/keywords/photonic-integrated-circuits"},{"display_name":"silicon-on-insulator","id":"silicon-on-insulator","score":0.2646,"url":"https://openalex.org/keywords/silicon-on-insulator"},{"display_name":"optical waveguides","id":"optical-waveguides","score":0.2246,"url":"https://openalex.org/keywords/optical-waveguides"},{"display_name":"microring resonators","id":"microring-resonators","score":0.6423,"url":"https://openalex.org/keywords/microring-resonators"},{"display_name":"Mach-Zehnder interferometer","id":"mach-zehnder-interferometer","score":0.2109,"url":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mach-zehnder-interferometer"},{"display_name":"extinction ratio","id":"extinction-ratio","score":0.3183,"url":"https://openalex.org/keywords/extinction-ratio"},{"display_name":"whispering gallery modes","id":"whispering-gallery-modes","score":0.3815,"url":"https://openalex.org/keywords/whispering-gallery-modes"},{"display_name":"silicon waveguides","id":"silicon-waveguides","score":0.7025,"url":"https://openalex.org/keywords/silicon-waveguides"},{"display_name":"planar waveguides","id":"planar-waveguides","score":0.3036,"url":"https://openalex.org/keywords/planar-waveguides"},{"display_name":"ring resonator","id":"ring-resonator","score":0.3421,"url":"https://openalex.org/keywords/ring-resonator"},{"display_name":"arrayed waveguide grating","id":"arrayed-waveguide-grating","score":0.54,"url":"https://openalex.org/keywords/arrayed-waveguide-grating"},{"display_name":"ridge waveguide","id":"ridge-waveguide","score":0.329,"url":"https://openalex.org/keywords/ridge-waveguide"},{"display_name":"grating couplers","id":"grating-couplers","score":0.5515,"url":"https://openalex.org/keywords/grating-couplers"},{"display_name":"optical switches","id":"optical-switches","score":0.2294,"url":"https://openalex.org/keywords/optical-switches"},{"display_name":"coupling efficiency","id":"coupling-efficiency","score":0.2702,"url":"https://openalex.org/keywords/coupling-efficiency"},{"display_name":"directional coupler","id":"directional-coupler","score":0.2547,"url":"https://openalex.org/keywords/directional-coupler"},{"display_name":"polymer waveguides","id":"polymer-waveguides","score":0.4904,"url":"https://openalex.org/keywords/polymer-waveguides"},{"display_name":"optical modulators","id":"optical-modulators","score":0.2358,"url":"https://openalex.org/keywords/optical-modulators"},{"display_name":"free spectral range","id":"free-spectral-range","score":0.3787,"url":"https://openalex.org/keywords/free-spectral-range"},{"display_name":"silicon nitride waveguides","id":"silicon-nitride-waveguides","score":0.6036,"url":"https://openalex.org/keywords/silicon-nitride-waveguides"},{"display_name":"single-mode waveguides","id":"single-mode-waveguides","score":0.4645,"url":"https://openalex.org/keywords/single-mode-waveguides"},{"display_name":"waveguide fabrication","id":"waveguide-fabrication","score":0.382,"url":"https://openalex.org/keywords/waveguide-fabrication"},{"display_name":"fiber-to-chip coupling","id":"fiber-to-chip-coupling","score":0.6312,"url":"https://openalex.org/keywords/fiber-to-chip-coupling"}],"legacy_keywords":["Silicon Photonics","Optical Modulators","Microcavities","Nanophotonic Waveguides","Biosensors","Integrated Circuits","Raman Lasers","Whispering Gallery Mode","Optofluidic Technology","On-chip Interconnects"],"openalex_id":"https://openalex.org/T10299","source_created_date":"2024-01-23T15:27:06","source_updated_date":"2026-10-17T03:02:00","subfield_id":"2208","url":"/topics/T10299","works_api_url":"https://api.openalex.org/works?filter=topics.id:T10299","works_count":114569,"label":"Photonic and Optical Devices","provider":"openalex","revision":"511b1b6f81062ba5","taxonomy_revision":"f050b5d4780b1289","title":"Photonic and Optical Devices","kind":"topic-directory","aeo_cohort":"topic-directory","catalogue_revision":"f050b5d4780b1289","numeric_address":"36239904338510521","address_version":"morton4x16-v1","coordinates":[3,22,2208,10299],"answer_status":"Directory metadata; local answer requires separate source review","truth_status":"Subject descriptor, not a factual answer or a demonstrated knowledge gap","reviewed_answer":null}