“…Data processing on photonic platforms is a promising approach because of the potential advantages over electrical approaches, where large bandwidth, high efficiency, ultrafast modulation speed, and low cross talk are crucial [4]. Critical photonic components, such as lasers [5], modulators [6], switches [7], filters [8], multiplexers [9,10], photodetectors [11][12][13][14][15], and memory cells, have been developed on different material platforms, such as silicon nitride (SiN), GeSi, III-V semiconductors, and others [16][17][18], with silicon-on-insulator (SOI) being the dominant platform. Furthermore, Si waveguides, owing to their thermal conductivity performance, have the potential to be doped to act as integrated heaters to enable wider applications [19].…”