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Overview

David J. Thomson is affiliated with the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on engineering, with a significant emphasis on electrical and electronic engineering. Additional subfields include atomic and molecular physics and optics, artificial intelligence, materials chemistry, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's work spans various topics within photonics and optical technologies. Key areas covered in their research include photonic and optical devices, optical network technologies, advanced photonic communication systems, semiconductor lasers and optical devices, neural networks and reservoir computing, advanced fiber laser technologies, and photonic crystals and applications.

Frequent publication venues for David J. Thomson include ePrints Soton (University of Southampton), Optics Express, Journal of Lightwave Technology, ACS Photonics, and arXiv (Cornell University).

Among recent papers authored or co-authored, notable examples are:

  • Nonvolatile programmable silicon photonics using an ultralow-loss Sb 2 Se 3 phase change material (2021, Science Advances)
  • Deep Learning Enabled Design of Complex Transmission Matrices for Universal Optical Components (2021, ACS Photonics)
  • Electronic-photonic convergence for silicon photonics transmitters beyond 100 Gbps on-off keying (2020, Optica)
  • Harnessing plasma absorption in silicon MOS ring modulators (2023, Nature Photonics)
  • An integrated CMOS-silicon photonics transmitter with a 112 gigabaud transmission and picojoule per bit energy efficiency (2023, Nature Electronics)

David J. Thomson has collaborated extensively with several researchers, including Graham T. Reed, Weiwei Zhang, Mehdi Banakar, Xingzhao Yan, and Callum G. Littlejohns.

Best Publications

  • Silicon optical modulators

    G.T. Reed;G. Mashanovich;F.Y. Gardes;David Thomson

  • Roadmap on silicon photonics

    David Thomson;Aaron Zilkie;John E Bowers;Tin Komljenovic

  • A universal 3D imaging sensor on a silicon photonics platform

    Christopher Rogers;Alexander Y. Piggott;David J. Thomson;Robert F. Wiser

  • Multipurpose silicon photonics signal processor core

    Daniel Pérez;Ivana Gasulla;Lee Crudgington;David J. Thomson

  • 50-Gb/s Silicon Optical Modulator

    D. J. Thomson;F. Y. Gardes;J-M Fedeli;S. Zlatanovic

  • High contrast 40Gbit/s optical modulation in silicon

    David Thomson;F.Y. Gardes;Y. Hu;G. Mashanovich

  • Hybrid III--V on Silicon Lasers for Photonic Integrated Circuits on Silicon

    Guang-Hua Duan;Christophe Jany;Alban Le Liepvre;Alain Accard

  • High-speed detection at two micrometres with monolithic silicon photodiodes

    Jason J. Ackert;David J. Thomson;Li Shen;Anna C. Peacock

  • Recent breakthroughs in carrier depletion based silicon optical modulators

    Graham T. Reed;Goran Z. Mashanovich;Frederic Y. Gardes;Milos Nedeljkovic

  • Silicon Photonic Integration Platform—Have We Found the Sweet Spot?

    Dan-Xia Xu;Jens H. Schmid;Graham T. Reed;Goran Z. Mashanovich

  • Nonvolatile programmable silicon photonics using an ultralow-loss Sb2Se3 phase change material

    Matthew Delaney;Ioannis Zeimpekis;Han Du;Xingzhao Yan

  • The Emergence of Silicon Photonics as a Flexible Technology Platform

    Xia Chen;Milan M. Milosevic;Stevan Stankovic;Scott Reynolds

  • 40 Gb/s silicon photonics modulator for TE and TM polarisations.

    F.Y. Gardes;David Thomson;N.G. Emerson;G.T. Reed

  • High-speed silicon modulators for the 2 μm wavelength band

    Wei Cao;David Hagan;David J. Thomson;Milos Nedeljkovic

  • Low Loss MMI Couplers for High Performance MZI Modulators

    D J Thomson;Y Hu;G T Reed;Jean-Marc Fedeli

  • Silicon photonic devices and platforms for the mid-infrared

    M. Nedeljkovic;A. Z. Khokhar;Y. Hu;X. Chen

  • Silicon Photonic Waveguides and Devices for Near- and Mid-IR Applications

    Goran Z. Mashanovich;Frederic Y. Gardes;David J. Thomson;Youfang Hu

  • Mid-Infrared Thermo-Optic Modulators in SoI

    Milos Nedeljkovic;Stevan Stankovic;Colin J. Mitchell;Ali Z. Khokhar

  • High speed silicon electro-optical modulators enhanced via slow light propagation

    A. Brimont;David Thomson;P. Sanchis;J. Herrera

  • High Performance Mach–Zehnder-Based Silicon Optical Modulators

    David J. Thomson;Frederic Y. Gardes;Sheng Liu;Henri Porte

  • Frequency comb generation in a silicon ring resonator modulator.

    Iosif Demirtzioglou;Cosimo Lacava;Kyle R. H. Bottrill;David J. Thomson

  • High speed silicon optical modulator with self-aligned fabrication process

    D. J. Thomson;F. Y. Gardes;G. T. Reed;J-M Fedeli

  • Ion Implantation in Silicon for Trimming the Operating Wavelength of Ring Resonators

    Milan M. Milosevic;Xia Chen;Wei Cao;Antoine F. J. Runge

Frequent Co-Authors

Graham T. Reed
Graham T. Reed University of Southampton
Goran Z. Mashanovich
Goran Z. Mashanovich University of Southampton
J-M. Fedeli
J-M. Fedeli CEA LETI
Anna C. Peacock
Anna C. Peacock University of Southampton
Periklis Petropoulos
Periklis Petropoulos University of Southampton
Andrew P. Knights
Andrew P. Knights McMaster University
Otto L. Muskens
Otto L. Muskens University of Southampton
Lars Zimmermann
Lars Zimmermann Technical University of Berlin
David J. Richardson
David J. Richardson Microsoft (United States)

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