Ultrasmall arrayed waveguide grating multiplexer using InP-based photonic wire waveguide on Si wafer for III-V CMOS photonics

Author

Takenaka, Mitsuru ; Yokoyama, Masafumi ; Sugiyama, Masakazu ; Nakano, Yoshiaki ; Takagi, Shinichi

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Inf. Syst., Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

fYear

2010

fDate

21-25 March 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

Extremely compact low-loss 4 channel arrayed waveguide grating with 147Ã—92 Â¿m² device size was demonstrated using ultrahigh index contrast InGaAsP photonic wire waveguides on Si, compatible for the monolithic integration of high-performance III-V CMOS transistors.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; III-V semiconductors; arrayed waveguide gratings; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; multiplexing equipment; silicon; III-V CMOS photonics; III-V CMOS transistors; InGaAsP; InP; Si; monolithic integration; silicon wafer; ultrahigh index contrast; ultrasmall arrayed waveguide grating multiplexer photonic wire waveguide; Arrayed waveguide gratings; CMOS process; III-V semiconductor materials; Multiplexing; Optical arrays; Optical waveguides; Photonic integrated circuits; Semiconductor waveguides; Wafer bonding; Wire;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-884-1

Type

conf

Filename

5465532