A Generic Foundry Model for InP-based Photonic ICs

Smit, MK Meint; Leijtens, X.J.M.; Bente, Eajm Erwin; Tol, J.J.G.M. van der; Ambrosius, H.P.M.M.; Robbins, DJ David; Wale, M.J.; Grote, N.; Schell, Martin

doi:10.1364/ofc.2012.om3e.3

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“…A 2 × 2 port subfabric comprises four MZIs, strong passive waveguides, a waveguide crossing, and eight short SOAs (with transition elements as described below). This has the further advantage of being compatible with a generic InP design and fabrication approach, such as that implemented within the PARADIGM project [33], thereby addressing issues of cost and manufacturability. Table I lists the loss of different components used.…”

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Scalable, Low-Energy Hybrid Photonic Space Switch

Cheng

Wonfor

Penty

et al. 2013

J. Lightwave Technol.

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A scalable monolithically integrated photonic space switch is proposed which uses a combination of Mach-Zehnder modulators and semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) for improved crosstalk performance and reduced switch loss. This architecture enables the design of high-capacity, high-speed, large-port count, low-energy switches. Extremely low crosstalk of better than −50 dB can be achieved using a 2 × 2 dilated hybrid switch module. A "building block" approach is applied to make large port count optical switches possible. Detailed physical layer multiwavelength simulations are used to investigate the viability of a 64 × 64 port switch. Optical signal degradation is estimated as a function of switch size and waveguide induced crosstalk. A comparison between hybrid and SOA switching fabrics highlights the powerefficient, high-performance nature of the hybrid switch design, which consumes less than one-third of the energy of an equivalent SOA-based switch. The significantly reduced impairments resulting from this switch design enable scaling of the port count, compared to conventional SOA-based switches.

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Section: B Building Block Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

Scalable, Low-Energy Hybrid Photonic Space Switch

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Penty

et al. 2013

J. Lightwave Technol.

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“…One the main goal for photonic researchers is the monolithic integration of the laser and the modulator on a single chip and then to compact these components. More than two decades, the opto-electronic (OE) researchers are focused on implementing optical devices using InP/InGaAsP materials provides the capability of monolithic integration of different active and passive components [1].…”

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InP-based photonic crystal electro-optic modulator

Nikoufard

Amadeh

2015

Optik - International Journal for Light and Electron Optics

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“…Such a process is called a generic integration process and this platform approach has also been applied recently in photonics where the analogous basic building blocks of the photonic circuit become units for gain, phase control, and polarization control (Figure 1 (b)). The generic foundry model for photonics 4,5 offers both access to new users and the potential for exploitation outside of telecoms in a wide variety of applications, at a development cost which is shared and therefore considerably lower. In Europe, generic technology platforms for photonic integration are being created for the fabrication of photonic integrated circuits (PICs); in Silicon 6 , in passive dielectrics 7 such as TriPleX TM , and in Indium Phosphide 8 , Generic platform technology for InP based photonics has recently taken the first steps towards commercialisation through the brokering organisation JePPIX 9 .…”

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Laser research on an InP-based generic integration platform

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In Europe a number of technology platforms for generic integration are being created for photonic integrated circuits (PICs); in Silicon, in passive dielectrics, and in Indium Phosphide. Such platforms are on the brink of commercialization, they offer a range of calibrated building blocks from which application specific PICs can be built and allow simplified, reduced cost access to a standardised technology, but presently only InP based platforms allow the integration of optical gain blocks; the essential feature of a semiconductor laser. The wavelength is constrained by the platform, usually Cband, but in the near future we expect other wavelengths in the 1.3µm-2.0µm range will be addressed.A frozen platform technology may not seem an ideal starting point for novel laser research but for what may be appear to be lost in epitaxial and process flexibility, much more is gained through a new-found ability to build up complex circuits quickly to deliver new and interesting laser based functionality. Building blocks such as reflectors (a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) or a multimode interference reflector (MIR)), an amplifier section, and passive waveguides, can be built up by designers into integrated semiconductor lasers of a wide variety of types. This ready integration of novel sources with other circuit functionality can address a wide range of applications in telecoms, datacoms, and fibre based sensing systems.In this paper we describe a number of recent developments on generic InP-based platforms ranging from the fabrication of simple Fabry-Perot lasers, through tuneable DBR lasers, multi-wavelength comb lasers, picosecond pulse lasers and ring lasers.

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A Generic Foundry Model for InP-based Photonic ICs

Cited by 39 publications

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Scalable, Low-Energy Hybrid Photonic Space Switch

Scalable, Low-Energy Hybrid Photonic Space Switch

InP-based photonic crystal electro-optic modulator

Laser research on an InP-based generic integration platform

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