We are currently working on telecommunications at 2 µm. We explore the transmission of high bit-rate signal into subwavelength waveguides. Several material are considered as TiO2, SiGe or Si. First demonstrations have been recently published (see below). An (Open Access) interview is avalaible here.
To find out more on Silicon Germanium waveguides, visit the page of Periklis Petropoulos : http://www.orc.soton.ac.uk/people.html?person=pp1
Manon Lamy, Christophe Finot, Alexandre Parriaux, Cosimo Lacava, Thalia Dominguez Bucio, Frederic Gardes, Guy Millot, Periklis Petropoulos, and Kamal Hammani, "Si-rich Si nitride waveguides for optical transmissions and toward wavelength conversion around 2 μm," Appl. Opt. 58, 5165-5169 (2019)