Authors:	W. Bogaerts, L. Van Iseghem, M. Wang, H. Deng, I. Zand, X. Chen, K.P. Nagarjun, U. Khan
Title:	Programmable Silicon Photonics
Format:	International Conference Proceedings
Publication date:	9/2021
Journal/Conference/Book:	International Conference on Solid State Devices and Materials (SSDM) (invited)
Volume(Issue):	p.E-2_01
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Abstract

We present the new field of programmable photonic circuits. We introduce the evolution from specialized photonic circuits to general-purpose photonic processors, and describe the layers in the technology stack and their challenges.

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