MP9 (contributed) 5:30 PM–5:30 PM

CMOS compatible, silicon photonics on a rigid silicon-on-insulator substrate is investigated extensively to achieve light generation, modulation, transmission, amplification and detection all from one chip package. Heterogeneous integration is also realized as a promising approach to build high performance photonic devices. Another motivation is thin film electronics and more recently, nanomembranes for integrated and flexible silicon photonics.