A Grating-Coupler-Enabled CMOS Photonics Platform

Author

Mekis, Attila ; Gloeckner, Steffen ; Masini, Gianlorenzo ; Narasimha, Adithyaram ; Pinguet, Thierry ; Sahni, Subal ; De Dobbelaere, P.

Author_Institution

Luxtera, Inc., Carlsbad, CA, USA

Volume

17

Issue

3

fYear

2011

Firstpage

597

Lastpage

608

Abstract

We have developed a silicon photonics platform that allows monolithic integration with electronic circuits in a CMOS-compatible process. In this platform, vertical couplers are found to be a superior solution compared to traditional edge-coupling techniques. Grating couplers are an essential element in developing the optical wafer-scale test infrastructure, which in turn, enables the development of the photonic device library. The photonic devices were assembled into a 4 × 10 Gb/s transceiver die that also contains modulator drive, control, and receive electronics.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; diffraction gratings; elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; optical fibre couplers; optical modulation; optical transceivers; silicon; electronic circuits; grating-coupler-enabled CMOS photonics; modulator drive; monolithic integration; optical wafer-scale test; photonic device; silicon photonics; transceiver; vertical couplers; CMOS integrated circuits; Couplers; Gratings; Optical device fabrication; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Silicon; CMOS integrated circuits; gratings; integrated optoelectronics (O/E); optical fiber communication;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1077-260X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSTQE.2010.2086049

Filename

5645652