Descrizione del progetto
Circuiti fotonici integrati ad alte prestazioni basati sul fosfuro di indio
Le applicazioni cloud, 5G e IoT stanno portando le reti moderne al limite per soddisfare i requisiti rigorosi di alta capacità e bassa latenza. Le tecnologie integrate fotoniche si rilevano promettenti per affrontare le nuove sfide e introdurre nuovi prodotti e servizi sul mercato. Il progetto PICaboo, finanziato dall’UE, intende sviluppare nuovi elementi costitutivi su una piattaforma di circuito fotonico integrato (PIC, photonic integrated circuit) costituita da fosfuro di indio. I modelli compatti degli elementi costitutivi saranno compilati in librerie compatibili con kit di progettazione di processo, il che consentirà ai progettisti di analizzare il loro utilizzo in una vasta gamma di applicazioni. Si prevede che i dimostratori PIC di PICaboo trasformeranno le reti ottiche di aggregazione e trasporto metropolitane in termini di velocità, consumo energetico e costi.
Obiettivo
Cloud applications, 5G and IoT are pushing modern networks over the edge to satisfy the stringent high capacity and low latency demands. Photonic integration is a key enabling technology to tackle the new challenges and to bring new products and services to the market. PICaboo will develop novel building blocks on the InP PIC platform of TUe and III-V Lab based on the generic foundry model aiming to enhance PIC performances and reduce development costs. It will develop compact models of the building blocks and will compile them in PDK-compatible libraries allowing designers to explore their use in a wide range of applications hence maximizing their exploitation potential. PICaboo PIC demonstrators will transform the optical metro and access networks in terms of speed, footprint, power consumption and cost. The high speed EAM-based transmitters will employ all-optical equalization functionality on-chip which will scale PON line rate to 50/100Gb/s reducing the electronic signal pre-processing required for meeting the 29dB power budget of the optical distribution network within the expected dispersion limit. Both single EAM-MZM and coherent EAM-IQM transmitter PICs will leverage power consumption benefits of 50 and 65% respectively compared to 50G EML solutions and overall cost reduction by almost 20%. The dual polarization coherent receiver PIC employs integrated reset-free phase and polarization control allowing for complex DSP functions to be performed directly at the optical domain. In this case, power consumption reduction of more than 30% with concurrent cost benefits 3.6x will be achieved compared to standard coherent transceivers stemming from the use of simplified direct detection DSPs and low-cost tunable lasers, making PICaboo an attractive technology within the 20-80km DCI range. Exploitation of the PIC demonstrators will be pursued by NOKIA and ADVA. VLC will exploit the developed PDK libraries for a fast uptake of PICaboo building blocks by end-users.
Campo scientifico
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationstelecommunications networksmobile network5G
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesinternetinternet of things
- natural sciencesphysical sciencesopticslaser physics
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RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinatore
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