"Thin films of this compound were connected to photo-conductive switches with co-planar #waveguides. We observe characteristic #nonlinear current-voltage responses, which in these films point to photo-induced granular #superconductivity. Although these dynamics are not necessarily identical to those reported for the powder samples studied so far, they provide valuable new information on the nature of the light-induced superconducting-like state above equilibrium Tc"
`Through multiple monolithic and heterogeneous processing sequences, direct on-chip integration of III–V gain medium and ultralow-loss silicon nitride #waveguides with #optical loss around 0.5 decibels per metre are demonstrated. Consequently, the demonstrated #photonic integrated #circuit enters a regime that gives rise to ultralow-noise #lasers and #microwave synthesizers without the need for optical isolators, owing to the ultrahigh-quality-factor cavity.`