gain materials onto a silicon photonics platform, this project aims to realize compact, low-cost, and electrically pumped MIR laser sources compatible with large-scale CMOS fabrication. The student will design, simulate, and characterize hybrid laser structures that combine silicon waveguides for passive light routing with active III–V regions for optical gain and emission. This work will contribute to building a new generation of on-chip MIR and THz photonic systems, enabling applications such as lab-on-a-chip spectroscopy, gas detection, imaging and integrated optical communications.

Candidates with strong backgrounds in one or more of the following areas are encouraged to apply:

• Some background in Photonics and Semiconductors

gain materials onto a silicon photonics platform, this project aims to realize compact, low-cost, and electrically pumped MIR laser sources compatible with large-scale CMOS fabrication. The student will design, simulate, and characterize hybrid laser structures that combine silicon waveguides for passive light routing with active III–V regions for optical gain and emission. This work will contribute to building a new generation of on-chip MIR and THz photonic systems, enabling applications such as lab-on-a-chip spectroscopy, gas detection, imaging and integrated optical communications.

Candidates with strong backgrounds in one or more of the following areas are encouraged to apply:

• Some background in Photonics and Semiconductors