Amplified silicon photonics

放大硅光子学

• 批准号: 494306-2016
• 负责人: Knights, Andrew
• 金额: $ 13.33万
• 依托单位: McMaster University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Strategic Projects - Group
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2017-01-01 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=642059
• 关键词: Amplified; silicon; photonics

The integration of optical functionality on silicon is proving to be as important in global technology development as the invention of the integrated circuit. So-called "Silicon Photonics" (SiP) adds a new dimension to the application of the most researched element in history. At its most fundamental level SiP replaces electronic with optical quanta to realize remarkable performance gains in bandwidth, cost and scalability. The potential of SiP appears unbounded and will revolutionize data transfer at all distances. In order to instigate a major advance in link budget management of SiP enabled optical networks we propose research on efficient, low-cost and scalable integration of optical amplification moving beyond "loss-less" Silicon Photonics (SiP). This is a research program that yields results to be applied in deployable products in the near-term (1-3 years, sub-carrier utilization); the mid-term (3-5years, monolithic Rare-Earth amplification) and far-term (~10 years, Rare-Earth amplification for new communication windows). This is achieved by coordinated research which starts by exploiting hybrid amplifier-SiP systems integrating individual components, and moves towards a monolithic amplification scheme which exploits our knowledge of on-chip, Rare-Earth technology. Our aim is to produce external optical amplification of ~15-20dB within SiP systems at wavelengths in the O, C and L bands; plus around 1960nm, a wavelength which centres on a potential future communication window and is currently under intense research following the development of low-loss fibers, optical sources and SiP receiver technology. Successful execution of this project will result in disruptive and transformative Silicon Photonics technology that will significantly impact the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector of Canadian industry.

事实证明，硅上光学功能的集成在全球技术发展中与集成电路的发明一样重要。所谓的“硅光子学”(SiP) 为历史上研究最多的元素的应用增添了新的维度。在最基本的层面上，SiP 用光量子取代了电子器件，从而在带宽、成本和可扩展性方面实现了显着的性能提升。 SiP 的潜力似乎是无限的，并将彻底改变所有距离的数据传输。为了推动 SiP 光网络的链路预算管理取得重大进展，我们建议研究高效、低成本和可扩展的光放大集成，超越“无损”硅光子学 (SiP)。这是一项研究计划，其成果可应用于近期（1-3 年，子载波利用率）的可部署产品；中期（3-5年，单片稀土放大）和远期（~10年，新通信窗口的稀土放大）。这是通过协调研究实现的，该研究首先利用集成各个组件的混合放大器-SiP 系统，然后转向利用我们对片上稀土技术的了解的单片放大方案。我们的目标是在 SiP 系统内、O、C 和 L 波段波长下产生约 15-20dB 的外部光放大；再加上 1960nm 左右，该波长以未来潜在的通信窗口为中心，随着低损耗光纤、光源和 SiP 接收器技术的发展，目前正在深入研究。该项目的成功执行将带来颠覆性和变革性的硅光子技术，这将对加拿大工业的信息和通信技术（ICT）领域产生重大影响。