Low-Loss Integrated Nanophotonic Circuits with Layered Semiconductor Materials

Nano Lett. 2021 Apr 14;21(7):2709-2718. doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c04149. Epub 2021 Mar 23.

Abstract

Monolayer transition-metal dichalcogenides with direct bandgaps are emerging candidates for optoelectronic devices, such as photodetectors, light-emitting diodes, and electro-optic modulators. Here we report a low-loss integrated platform incorporating molybdenum ditelluride monolayers with silicon nitride photonic microresonators. We achieve microresonator quality factors >3 × 106 in the telecommunication O- to E-bands. This paves the way for low-loss, hybrid photonic integrated circuits with layered semiconductors, not requiring heterogeneous wafer bonding.

Keywords: MoTe2; layered materials; microresonators; photonic integrated circuits; silicon nitride; transition-metal dichalcogenides.