Development of flexible silicon photonic components for WDM optical networks

开发用于WDM光网络的柔性硅光子元件

• 批准号: 508309-2016
• 负责人: Van, Vien
• 金额: $ 8.38万
• 依托单位: University of Alberta
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Collaborative Research and Development Grants
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2019-01-01 至 2020-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=693005
• 关键词: Development; flexible; silicon; photonic; components

Silicon photonics is gaining widespread industry acceptance as a cost-effective platform for building photonic integrated circuits for optical communication applications. In particular, silicon photonics offers the advantage of compatibility with the CMOS microelectronic fabrication process, which allows for seamless integration of photonic circuits with electronic devices on the same chip. In spite of its promising benefits, the full commercial potential of silicon photonics has yet to be realized, as a number of important technical challenges still remain. This proposal aims to address two important challenges in the development of flexible silicon photonic circuits, namely, broadband wavelength tunability and scalability, both which are important for increasing the functionality and reducing the cost and footprint of optical components and subsystems. More specifically, these issues will be addressed through the development of two important components for Wavelength Division Multiplexing optical networks: a multi-channel multiplexer/demultiplexer circuit and a fast wavelength selector circuit. The successful outcome of project will help accelerate the adoption of silicon photonics technology into existing and future optical communication networks.The supporting industry partner is the Canadian Research Centre of Huawei Technologies in Ottawa. As a Fortune 500 company with a reputation as one the top innovators in the industry, Huawei is in an excellent position to exploit the technology developed through this project and facilitate its immediate transfer to the market. Beyond these clear benefits to the industry partner, the project is also expected to benefit Canada through the development of home-grown expertise in silicon photonics and the training of HQP in the photonics and telecom sectors.

硅光子作为构建光通信应用光子集成电路的经济高效平台，正在获得业界的广泛认可。 特别是，硅光子学具有与 CMOS 微电子制造工艺兼容的优势，可以将光子电路与电子器件无缝集成在同一芯片上。 尽管硅光子学具有广阔的前景，但其商业潜力尚未充分发挥，因为仍然存在许多重要的技术挑战。 该提案旨在解决柔性硅光子电路开发中的两个重要挑战，即宽带波长可调谐性和可扩展性，这两者对于增加光学元件和子系统的功能并降低成本和占地面积都很重要。 更具体地说，这些问题将通过开发波分复用光网络的两个重要组件来解决：多通道复用器/解复用器电路和快速波长选择器电路。 该项目的成功成果将有助于加速硅光子技术在现有和未来光通信网络中的采用。支持的行业合作伙伴是位于渥太华的华为技术加拿大研究中心。 作为一家享有业界顶尖创新者声誉的财富 500 强公司，华为处于有利地位，可以利用该项目开发的技术并促进其立即转移到市场。 除了给行业合作伙伴带来这些明显的好处外，该项目预计还将通过硅光子学本土专业知识的发展以及光子学和电信领域总部的培训而使加拿大受益。