Publications

Book chapter

2026

  • Y. Huang, Y. Fu, Y. Xia, Y. Li, Z. Li, Y.Huang, Z. Geng, M. Liu, C. Xiang
     Building reliable 3D photonic integrated circuits and cavities at the wafer scale
    arXiv:2604.12889, 2026
  • Z. Geng, Y. Tong, C. Zhang, H. Tang, Z. Du, Y. Xia, M. Liu, D. Yu, Y. Huang, Y. Huang, Z. Li, T. Dai, K. K-Y Wong, H. Chen, C. Xiang
     Meter-long broadband chirped Bragg gratings for on-chip dispersion control and pulse shaping
    arXiv:2604.12564, 2026
  • Y. Xia, Y. Huang, Y. Li, J. Wang, Y. Fu, Y. Huang, H. Liang, H. Fang, Z. Li, M. Liu, Y. Tong, D. Yu, C. Xiang
     Scalable 3D silicon nitride photonic interposer for high-density optical interconnects
    arXiv:2604.12566, 2026
  • D. Yu, Z. Geng, Y. Huang, Y. Tong, Y. Xia, M. Liu, Y. Huang, C. Xiang
     Resonator-enhanced distributed Bragg reflector lasers
    Light: Science & Applications, 15(1), 142, 2026

2025

  • M. Li, C. Xiang, J. Guo, J. Peters, M. Dumont, S. Xue, J. Staffa, Q. Hu, Z. Gao, Q. Lin, J. E. Bowers
     Heterogeneously-integrated lasers on thin film lithium niobate
    Nanophotonics, 14(26), 2025
  • H. Cheng, C. Xiang, N. Jin, I. Kudelin, J. Guo, M. Heyrich, Y. Liu, J. Peters, Q. Ji, Y. Zhou, K. J. Vahala, F. Quinlan, S. A. Diddams, J. E. Bowers, P. T. Rakich
     Harnessing micro-Fabry–Pérot reference cavities in photonic integrated circuits
    Nature Photonics, 19, 992–998, 2025
  • S. Xue, M. Li, R. L. Rios, J. Ling, Z. Gao, Q. Hu, T. Qiu, J. Staffa, L. Chang, H. Wang, C. Xiang, J. E. Bowers, Qiang Lin
    Pockels laser directly driving ultrafast optical metrology
    Light: Science & Applications, 14 (1), 2025
  • Z. Lei, W. Xie, W. Wei, Z. Wang, T. Wang, C. Xiang, J. Zhang, Y. Su
    Efficient Broadband Wavelength Conversion in AlGaAsOI Nonlinear Nanowaveguides Using Low-Power Continuous-Wave Pump
    ACS Photonics, 12 (3), 2025

2024

  • C. Xiang, J.E. Bowers
    [Invited] Building 3D integrated circuits with electronics and photonics
    Nature Electronics 7 (6), 2024
  • J. Guo, C. Xiang, W. Jin, J. Peters, M. Li, T. Morin, Y. Xia, J. E. Bowers
    Investigation of Q degradation in low-loss Si3N4 from heterogeneous laser integration
    Optics Letters, 49 (16), 2024
  • T.J. Morin, J. Peters, M. Li, J. Guo, Y. Wan, C. Xiang, J.E. Bowers
    Coprocessed heterogeneous near-infrared lasers on thin-film lithium niobate
    Optics Letters, 49 (5), 2024
  • I. Kudelin, W. Groman, Q.X. Ji, J. Guo, M. L. Kelleher, D. Lee, T. Nakamura, C. A. McLemore, P. Shirmohammadi, S. Hanifi, H. Cheng, N. Jin, L. Wu, S. Halladay, Y. Luo, Z. Dai, W. Jin, J. Bai, Y. Liu, W. Zhang, C. Xiang, L. Chang, V. Iltchenko, O. Miller, A. Matsko, S. M. Bowers, P.T. Rakich, J. C Campbell, J. E. Bowers, K. J. Vahala, F. Quinlan, S. A. Diddams
    Photonic chip-based low noise microwave oscillator
    Nature, 627, 2024

2023

  • H. Cheng, N. Jin, Z. Dai, C. Xiang, J. Guo, Y. Zhou, S.A. Diddams, F. Quinlan, J. E. Bowers, O. Miller, P. T. Rakich
    A novel approach to interface high-Q Fabry–Pérot resonators with photonic circuits
    APL Photonics, 8(11), 2023
  • C. Xiang, W. Jin, O. Terra, B. Dong, H. Wang, L. Wu, J. Guo, T.J. Morin, E. Hughes, J. Peters, Q. Ji, A. Feshali, M. Paniccia, K.J. Vahala, J.E. Bowers
    3D integration enables ultralow-noise isolator-free lasers in silicon photonics
    Nature, 620, 2023
  • P. Pintus, J. Guo, M.A. Tran, W. Jin, J. Liang, J. Peters, C. Xiang, O.J. Ohanian, J.E. Bowers
    Demonstration of Large Mode-Hop-Free Tuning in Narrow-Linewidth Heterogeneous Integrated Laser
    Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2023
  • L. Wu, W. Xie, H. Chen, K. Colburn, C. Xiang, L. Chang, W. Jin, J Liu, Y. Yu, Y. Yamamoto, J.E. Bowers, M. Suh, K.J. Vahala
    AlGaAs soliton microcombs at room temperature
    Optics Letters, 48(15), 2023
  • J. Guo, C. Xiang, T.J. Morin, J.D. Peters, L. Chang, J.E. Bowers
    E-band widely tunable, narrow linewidth heterogeneous laser on silicon
    APL Photonics, 8(4), 2023
  • Q. Ji, W. Jin, L. Wu, Y. Yu, Z. Yuan, W. Zhang, M. Gao, B. Li, H. Wang, C. Xiang, J. Guo, A. Feshali, M. Paniccia, V.S. Ilchenko, A.B. Matsko, J.E. Bowers, K.J. Vahala
    Engineered zero-dispersion microcombs using CMOS-ready photonics
    Optica, 10(2), 2023

2022

  • P. Pintus, A. Singh, W. Xie, L. Ranzani, M. Gustafsson, M. Tran, C Xiang, J. Peters, J.E. Bowers, M. Soltani
    Ultralow voltage, high-speed, and energy-efficient cryogenic electro-optic modulator
    Optica, 9(10), 2022
  • C. Xiang, W. Jin, and J. E. Bowers
    [Invited] Silicon nitride passive and active photonic integrated circuits: trends and prospects
    Photonics Research, 10(6), 2022
  • C. Xiang, W. Jin, D. Huang, M. Tran, J. Guo, Y. Wan, W. Xie, G. Kurczveil, A. Netherton, D. Liang, H. Rong and J. E. Bowers
    [Invited] High-performance silicon photonics using heterogeneous integration
    Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 28(3), 2022
  • J. Guo, C. A. McLemore, C. Xiang, D. Lee, L. Wu, W. Jin, M. Kelleher, N. Jin, D. Mason, L. Chang, A. Feshali, M. Paniccia, P. T. Rakich, K. J. Vahala, S. A. Diddams, F. Quinlan, and J. E. Bowers
    Chip-based laser with 1-hertz integrated linewidth
    Science Advances, 8(43), 2022
  • P. A. Morton, C. Xiang, J. Khurgin, C. D. Morton, M. A. Tran, J. D. Peters, J. Guo, M. J. Morton, and J. E. Bowers
    Integrated coherent tunable laser (ICTL) with ultra-wideband wavelength tuning and sub-100 Hz Lorentzian linewidth
    Journal of Lightwave Technology, 40(6), 2022
  • W. Xie, C. Xiang, L. Chang, W. Jin, J. Peters, and J. E. Bowers
    Silicon-integrated nonlinear III-V photonics
    Photonics Research, 10(2), 2022

2021

  • C. Xiang, J. Guo, W. Jin, L. Wu, J. Peters, W. Xie, L. Chang, B. Shen, H. Wang, Q. Yang, D. Kinghorn, M. Paniccia, K. J. Vahala, P. A. Morton and J. E. Bowers
    High-performance lasers for fully integrated silicon nitride photonics
    Nature Communications, 12, 6650, 2021
  • A. Malik, C. Xiang, L. Chang, W. Jin, J. Guo, M. Tran and J. E. Bowers
    [Invited] Low noise, tunable silicon photonic lasers
    Applied Physics Reviews 8 (3), 2021
  • Y. Wan, C. Xiang, J. Guo, R. Koscica, MJ Kennedy, J. Selvidge, Z. Zhang, L. Chang, W. Xie, D. Huang, A. C. Gossard, J. E. Bowers
    High Speed Evanescent Quantum-Dot Lasers on Si
    Laser & Photonics Reviews 15 (8), 2021
  • C. Xiang, J. Liu, J. Guo, L. Chang, R. Wang, W. Weng, J. Peters, W. Xie, Z. Zhang, J. Riemensberger, J. Selvidge, T. J. Kippenberg J. E. Bowers
    Laser soliton microcombs heterogeneously integrated on silicon
    Science 373 (6650), 2021
  • N. Margalit, C. Xiang, S. M. Bowers, A. Bjorlin, R. Blum, J. E. Bowers
    [Invited] Perspective on the future of silicon photonics and electronics
    Applied Physics Letters 118 (22), 2021
  • T. Briles, S. Yu, L. Chang, C. Xiang, J. Guo, D. Kinghorn, G. Moille, K. Srinivasan, J. E. Bowers, S. B. Papp
    Hybrid InP and SiN integration of an octave-spanning frequency comb
    APL Photonics 6 (2), 2021

2020

  • Z. Du, C. Xiang, T. Fu, M. Chen, S. Yang, J.E. Bowers, H. Chen
    Silicon nitride chirped spiral Bragg grating with large group delay
    APL Photonics 6 (2), 2020
  • L. Stern, W. Zhang, L. Chang, J. Guo, C. Xiang, M. Tran, D. Huang, J. D. Peters, D. Kinghorn, J. E. Bowers, S. B. Papp
    Ultra-precise optical-frequency stabilization with heterogeneous III–V/Si lasers
    Optics Letters 45 (8), 2020
  • C Xiang, W Jin, J Guo, C Williams, AM Netherton, L Chang, PA Morton and J. E. Bowers
    Effects of nonlinear loss in high-Q Si ring resonators for narrow-linewidth III-V/Si heterogeneously integrated tunable lasers
    Optics Express 28 (4), 2020
  • B. Shen, L. Chang, J. Liu, H. Wang, Q. Yang, C. Xiang, R. Wang, J. He, T.Liu, W. Xie, J. Guo, D. Kinghorn, L. Wu, Q. Ji, T. J. Kippenberg, K. J. Vahala and J. E. Bowers
    Integrated turnkey soliton microcombs
    Nature 582 (7812), 2020
  • L. Chang, W. Xie, H. Shu, Q. Yang, B. Shen, A. Boes, J. Peters, W. Jin, C. Xiang, S. Liu, G. Moille, S. Yu, X. Wang, K. Srinivasan, S. B. Papp, K. J. Vahala and J. E. Bowers
    Ultra-efficient frequency comb generation in AlGaAs-on-insulator microresonators
    Nature communications 11 (1), 2020
  • C. Xiang, W. Jin, J. Guo, J. Peters, M. Kennedy, J. Selvidge, P. Morton and J. E. Bowers
    Narrow-linewidth III-V/Si/Si3N4 laser using multilayer heterogeneous integration
    Optica 7 (1), 2020

2019

  • Y. Wan, S. Zhang, J. C. Norman, M. Kennedy, W. He, S. Liu, C. Xiang, C. Shang, J. He, A. C. Gossard, J. E. Bowers
    Tunable quantum dot lasers grown directly on silicon
    Optica 6 (11), 2019
  • C. Xiang, P. A. Morton, J. E. Bowers
    Ultra-narrow linewidth laser based on a semiconductor gain chip and extended Si3N4 Bragg grating
    Optics letters 44 (15), 2019

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