Functionalized Materials for Integrated Photonics: Hybrid Integration of Organic Materials in Silicon- based Photonic Integrated Circuits for Advanced Optical Modulators and Light-sources

In this work, we report on the integration of functionalized organic materials in a photonic integrated circuit technology for electro-optical modulators. We outline some of the identified challenges in the hybrid integration of organic materials in a photonic integrated circuit technology and present an electro-optical modulator with ultra-low energy consumption. In a second part, we present a simulation study and provide a design guideline to achieve an optimized slot waveguide structure for the integration of a lightsource consisting of Erbium doped quinoline.