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Overview

Tom Baehr-Jones is affiliated with Luminous Computing in the United States and specializes in research at the intersection of engineering and computer science. Their work primarily focuses on electrical and electronic engineering as well as artificial intelligence.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Optical Network Technologies
  • Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing
  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture
  • Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices
  • Quantum Information and Cryptography

Tom Baehr-Jones has contributed to various scientific publications over recent years, with notable papers including:

  • "Delocalized photonic deep learning on the internet's edge," 2022, Science
  • "Accelerating recurrent Ising machines in photonic integrated circuits," 2020, Optica
  • "Delocalized Photonic Deep Learning on the Internet's Edge," 2022, Research Square (Research Square)
  • "Monolithic Mach-Zehnder modulator bias controls in a 45 nm silicon photonics process," 2023, IET conference proceedings.
  • "A Recurrent Ising Machine in a Photonic Integrated Circuit," 2020, arXiv (Cornell University)

The venues where Tom has frequently published include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Science
  • Optica
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • IET conference proceedings.

Frequent collaborators in their work include:

  • Ryan Hamerly
  • Dirk Englund
  • Matthew Streshinsky
  • Michael Hochberg
  • Alexander Sludds

Best Publications

  • Deep learning with coherent nanophotonic circuits

    Yichen Shen;Nicholas C. Harris;Scott Skirlo;Dirk Englund

  • Label-Free Biosensor Arrays Based on Silicon Ring Resonators and High-Speed Optical Scanning Instrumentation

    Muzammil Iqbal;Martin A Gleeson;Bradley Spaugh;Frank Tybor

  • Harnessing optical forces in integrated photonic circuits

    Mo Li;W. H. P. Pernice;C. Xiong;T. Baehr-Jones

  • Quantum transport simulations in a programmable nanophotonic processor

    Nicholas C. Harris;Gregory R. Steinbrecher;Mihika Prabhu;Yoav Lahini

  • Compact and low loss Y-junction for submicron silicon waveguide

    Yi Zhang;Shuyu Yang;Tom Baehr-Jones

  • Towards fabless silicon photonics

    Michael Hochberg;Tom Baehr-Jones

  • Efficient, compact and low loss thermo-optic phase shifter in silicon

    Nicholas C. Harris;Yangjin Ma;Jacob Mower;Tom Baehr-Jones

  • Linear programmable nanophotonic processors

    Nicholas C. Harris;Jacques Carolan;Darius Bunandar;Mihika Prabhu

  • Optical modulation and detection in slotted Silicon waveguides

    Tom Baehr-Jones;Michael Hochberg;Guangxi Wang;R. Lawson

  • Integrated Source of Spectrally Filtered Correlated Photons for Large-Scale Quantum Photonic Systems

    Nicholas C. Harris;Davide Grassani;Angelica Simbula;Mihir Pant

  • Terahertz all-optical modulation in a silicon–polymer hybrid system

    Michael Hochberg;Tom Baehr-Jones;Guangxi Wang;Michael Shearn

  • Terahertz All-Optical Modulation in a Silicon-Polymer Hybrid System

    Michael Hochberg;Tom Baehr-Jones;Guangxi Wang;Michael Shearn

  • Silicon-on-sapphire integrated waveguides for the mid-infrared.

    Tom Baehr-Jones;Alexander Spott;Rob Ilic;Andrew Spott

  • Nonlinear polymer-clad silicon slot waveguide modulator with a half wave voltage of 0.25 V

    Tom Baehr-Jones;Boyan Penkov;Jingqing Huang;Phil Sullivan

  • Ultralow loss single layer submicron silicon waveguide crossing for SOI optical interconnect

    Yangjin Ma;Yi Zhang;Shuyu Yang;Ari Novack

  • High-Q Optical Resonators in Silicon-on-Insulator-Based Slot Waveguides

    Tom Baehr-Jones;Michael Hochberg;Chris Walker;Axel Scherer

  • Myths and rumours of silicon photonics

    Tom Baehr-Jones;Thierry Pinguet;Patrick Lo Guo-Qiang;Steven Danziger

  • Low power 50 Gb/s silicon traveling wave Mach-Zehnder modulator near 1300 nm

    Matthew Streshinsky;Ran Ding;Yang Liu;Ari Novack

  • Silicon Nanophotonic Waveguides for the Mid-Infrared

    Tom Baehr-Jones;Alexander Spott;Rob Ilic;Andrew Spott

  • Ultralow drive voltage silicon traveling-wave modulator

    Tom Baehr-Jones;Ran Ding;Yang Liu;Ali Ayazi

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Hochberg
Michael Hochberg Luminous Computing
Ran Ding
Ran Ding Jilin University
Guo-Qiang Lo
Guo-Qiang Lo Global Foundries
Keren Bergman
Keren Bergman Columbia University
Jingdong Luo
Jingdong Luo City University of Hong Kong
Alex K.-Y. Jen
Alex K.-Y. Jen City University of Hong Kong
Larry R. Dalton
Larry R. Dalton University of Washington
Dennis W. Prather
Dennis W. Prather University of Delaware

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