Silicon Photonics for Rugged Embedded Transmitters

用于坚固耐用的嵌入式发射器的硅光子学

基本信息

批准号：
523635-2018
负责人：
Ménard, Michaël
金额：
$ 1.82万
依托单位：
Université du Québec à Montréal
依托单位国家：
加拿大
项目类别：
Engage Grants Program
财政年份：
2018
资助国家：
加拿大
起止时间：
2018-01-01 至 2019-12-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=659549
关键词：
Silicon Photonics Rugged Embedded Transmitters

项目摘要

As the capacity of electronic circuits to process information continues to growth, and that better and more**numerous sensors are deployed to acquire data, the requirements on the bandwidth of interconnects increases**accordingly. Optical interconnects have demonstrated their ability to provide high bandwidths in challenging**environmental conditions. Reflex Photonics, a company from Kirkland, Quebec, has used optical technologies**to build compact and rugged embedded transceivers that can provide up to 150 Gb/s of transfer capacity. Their**products are based on directly modulated vertical cavity surface emitting lasers and multimode fibres.**However, this approach is reaching its limits in the maximum transmission speed it can achieve and in its**reach. Therefore, Reflex Photonics wants to investigate the potential of silicon photonics for its next generation**of products. Silicon photonics takes advantage of the manufacturing processes developed by the**microelectronic industry to implement complex high-performance integrated optical systems that can be**manufactured at low cost and large scales. The implementation of silicon photonic devices brings new**challenges, notably with regards to its integration with light sources and fibres, and thus Reflex Photonics**wants to establish a collaboration with Prof. Michaël Ménard at UQAM to explore potential solutions**compatible with its target applications and assess the commercial viability of the technology.

随着电子电路处理信息的能力不断增长，以及部署更好、更多**数量的传感器来获取数据，对互连带宽的要求也相应增加**，光学互连已经证明了其提供高带宽的能力。来自魁北克柯克兰的 Reflex Photonics 公司使用光学技术**来构建紧凑且坚固的嵌入式收发器，可提供高达 150 Gb/s 的传输容量。直接调制垂直腔表面发射激光器和多模光纤。**然而，这种方法在其可达到的最大传输速度和其**范围方面已达到极限，因此，Reflex Photonics 希望研究硅光子学的潜力。其下一代**产品利用**微电子行业开发的制造工艺来实现复杂的高性能集成光学系统，可以**实现低成本和大规模的硅光子的实现。设备带来新的**挑战，特别是在与光源和光纤的集成方面，因此 Reflex Photonics** 希望与 UQAM 的 Michaël Ménard 教授建立合作，探索与其目标应用兼容的潜在解决方案**并评估商业化该技术的可行性。