HW Fingerprinting Technique for Silicon Photonic ICs Using Photonic Crystal-based Density-Controlled Patterns (U. of Florida)

Researchers from University of Florida published a technical paper titled “Enhancing Co-packaging Optics Enabled Silicon Photonics Security Assurance Hardware Fingerprinting.” Abstract Excerpt: The paper proposes a method that “embeds two-dimensional photonic crystal (PhC) patterns” and creates a “distinctive optical signature” for device authentication. Find the technical paper here . June 2026. arXiv:2606.27612 or Biswas, Liton Kumar, M. Shafkat M. Khan, Himanandhan Reddy Kottur, Hao Wang, Ham