SBIR Phase II: High-performance, tunable silicon laser arrays designed for mass production

SBIR 第二阶段：专为大规模生产而设计的高性能、可调谐硅激光器阵列

• 批准号: 1927082
• 负责人: Ashok Krishnamoorthy
• 金额: $ 72.51万
• 依托单位: Axalume Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-09-15 至 2024-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1927082&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; II; performance; tunable

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project is demonstrate new lasers for advanced communication and sensing applications. The proposed work includes the design, simulation, and testing of new lasers to meet rapidly-growing high-speed data center optical communication and emerging automotive laser range-finding requirements. The proposed project activities will include the design, simulation, and experimental verification of hybrid, external-cavity silicon-based optical sources to meet rapidly-growing high-speed datacenter optical communication and emerging automotive laser range-finding requirements. The project will demonstrate that a flexible electronic-photonic integration process can be created to enable dense integration of silicon-photonic and silicon-electronic circuits, independent of specific foundry or fabrication production limitations. This process can be used to develop arrays of high-performance, low-noise, and widely-tunable lasers for advanced optical communication and sensing applications. The proposed project will address existing laser mode-control issues and reduce back-reflection issues. The result will be silicon-photonic lasers suitable for commercial production that will demonstrate industry-leading semiconductor laser capabilities including low-noise, narrow-linewidth, and wide tunability in single and multi-laser chipsets.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该小型企业创新研究 (SBIR) 第二阶段项目的更广泛影响/商业潜力是展示用于先进通信和传感应用的新型激光器。 拟议的工作包括新型激光器的设计、仿真和测试，以满足快速增长的高速数据中心光通信和新兴的汽车激光测距需求。拟议的项目活动将包括混合外腔硅基光源的设计、仿真和实验验证，以满足快速增长的高速数据中心光通信和新兴汽车激光测距需求。 该项目将证明可以创建灵活的电子光子集成工艺，以实现硅光子和硅电子电路的密集集成，而不受特定铸造或制造生产限制的影响。该工艺可用于开发高性能、低噪声和广泛可调的激光器阵列，用于先进的光通信和传感应用。拟议的项目将解决现有的激光模式控制问题并减少背反射问题。 其结果将是适合商业生产的硅光子激光器，将展示行业领先的半导体激光器功能，包括单激光器和多激光器芯片组中的低噪声、窄线宽和宽可调性。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并已通过使用基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，认为值得支持。