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，在硅上的光功能在全球技术开发中与综合电路的发明一样重要。所谓的“硅光子学”（SIP）为历史上研究元素的应用增加了一个新的维度。以最基本的水平，用光学量子代替了电子，以实现带宽，成本和可伸缩性的显着性能增长。 SIP的潜力显得无限，并将在各个距离上彻底改变数据传输。为了在启用SIP的链接预算管理方面取得重大进步，我们建议对光学放大的有效，低成本和可扩展的整合进行研究，而不是“无损失”硅光子学（SIP）。这是一项研究计划，可在近期（1 - 3年，次级载体利用率）中应用于可部署产品中的结果；中期（3-5岁，单片稀有地球放大）和远 - 远 - 新通信窗口的稀有地球扩增）。这是通过协调的研究来实现的，该研究从利用混合放大器-SIP系统开始，整合了单个组件，并朝着单片放大方案迈进，该方案利用了我们对片上稀有，稀有技术的了解。我们的目的是在O，C和L频段的波长下在SIP系统中产生〜15-20dB的外部光学扩增；再加上1960nm左右，这是一个波长，它以潜在的未来通信窗口为中心，并且在低损坏纤维，光学源和SIP接收器技术的发展之后，目前正在进行深入的研究。该项目的成功执行将导致破坏性和变革性的硅光子技术，这将极大地影响加拿大行业的信息和通信技术（ICT）领域。