Photonic Systems
Photonic Systems
Photonic Systems
MASAKA
FACULTY OF COMPUTING
DEPARTMENT Of CYBERSECURITY
Modern Optics
Emerging Fields
•Optomics. Devices that integrate both optical and atomic devices for
applications such as high-precision timekeeping, navigation, and
metrology.
Applications
Light Sources
Transmission Media
Optical Amplifier
Detection
Photodetector detects light. Photodetectors range from very fast
photodiodes for communications applications, to medium-speed charge-
coupled devices (CCDs) for digital cameras, to very slow solar cells
used to generate energy from sunlight. It will span. There are many other
photodetectors based on thermal, chemical, quantum, photoelectric, and
other effects.
Light Modulator
Photonic Systems
•Silicon nitride (SiN) PICs have a wide spectral range and ultra-low loss
waveguides. This makes them ideal for detectors, spectrometers,
biosensors, and quantum computers. The lowest propagation losses in
SiN (from 0.1 dB/cm to 0.1 dB/m) were achieved with TriPleX
waveguides from LioniX International.
•Silicon photonics PICs (SiPh) provide low loss for passive components
such as waveguides and can be used in small photonics circuits. These
are compatible with existing electronics production. The term "silicon
photonics" actually refers to the technology, not the material. It
combines the fabrication of high-density photonic integrated circuits
(PICs) and complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS)
electronics. The most technologically mature and commercially used
platform is silicon-on-insulator (SOI).
Biophotonics
Biophotonics uses tools from the field of photonics to biological
research. Biophotonics is primarily focused on improving medical
diagnostic capabilities (such as cancer and infectious diseases), but it can
also be used for environmental and other applications.