Wafer-scale, CMOS integration of photonics, plasmonics and electronics devices for mass manufacturing 200Gb/s non-return-to-zero (NRZ) transceivers towards low-cost Terabit connectivity in Data Centers

Project Information

plaCMOS

Grant agreement ID: 780997

DOI

10.3030/780997

Project closed

EC signature date 21 November 2017

Start date 1 December 2017

End date 28 February 2022

Funded under

• INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies - Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)

Total cost

€ 4 036 377,50

EU contribution

€ 4 036 377,50

Coordinated by

MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES LTD - MLNX
Israel

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Publications

Conference proceedings (27)

Heterogeneous Co-Integration of BTO/Si and III-V technology on a Silicon Photonics Platform

Author(s): Pascal Stark, Felix Eltes, Yannick Baumgartner, Daniele Caimi, Youri Popoff, Norbert Meier, Lukas Czornomaz, Jean Fompeyrine, Bert Offrein, Stefan Abel
Published in: Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 2020, 2020
Publisher: Optica Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1364/ofc.2020.t3b.3

An Ultra-efficient Pockels Effect in Silicon Photonics

Author(s): Felix Eltes, Jean Fompeyrine, Stefan Abel in Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 2020, OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 2020), paper W1H.4.
Published in: Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 2020, OSA Technical Digest, Issue paper W1H.4., 2020
Publisher: Optica Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1364/ofc.2020.w1h.4

Directly Silicon Nitride Waveguide Coupled Ge Photodiode for Non-SOI PIC and Epic Platforms

Author(s): Stefan Lischke, Dieter Knoll, Christian Mai, Karsten Voigt, Anne Hesse, Galina Georgieva, Anna Peczek and Lars Zimmermann
Published in: ECS Transactions, Issue Volume 98, Number 5, 2020
Publisher: ECS Transactions
DOI: 10.1149/09805.0315ecst

An ultra-strong Pockels effect in silicon photonics

Author(s): Stefan Abel
Published in: Smart Photonic and Optoelectronic Integrated Circuits XXIII, 2021
Publisher: SPIE 11690
DOI: 10.1117/12.2591232

Silicon nitride waveguide coupled 67+ GHz Ge photodiode for non-SOI PIC and ePIC platforms

Author(s): S. Lischke, D. Knoll, C. Mai, A. Hesse, G. Georgieva, A. Peczek, A. Kroh, M. Lisker, D. Schmidt, M. Fraschke, H. Richter, A. Krüger, U. Saarow, P. Heinrich, G. Winzer, K. Schulz, P. Kulse, A. Trusch, and L. Zimmermann
Published in: 2019 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), 2019, Page(s) pp. 33.2.1-33.2.4
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/iedm19573.2019.8993651

Plasmonic Waveguides Co-Integrated with Si3N4 Waveguide Platform for Integrated Biosensors

Author(s): A. Manolis, G. Dabos, N. Pleros, E. Chatzianagnostou, D. Ketzaki, L. Markey, J.C. Weeber, A. Dereux, A. L. Giesecke, C. Porschatis, B. Chmielak, P. J. Cegielski, S. Suckow, and D. Tsiokos
Published in: 2019 21st International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON) Angers France, 2019, Page(s) 1-1
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/icton.2019.8840140

High-sensitivity plasmo-photonic interferometric sensors on a chip

Author(s): E. Chatzianagnostou, A. Manolis, G. Dabos, D. Ketzaki, B. Chmielak, A. L. Giesecke, C. Porschatis, P. J. Cegielski, S. Suckow, L. Markey, J.-C. Weeber, A. Dereux, S. Schrittwieser, R. Heer, N. Pleros, and D. Tsiokos
Published in: Proc. SPIE 11284, Smart Photonic and Optoelectronic Integrated Circuits XXII, 2020
Publisher: SPIE
DOI: 10.1117/12.2543547

A Strong Pockels Effect in Integrated Photonic Circuits

Author(s): Felix Eltes; Jean Fompeyrine; Stefan Abel
Published in: 2020 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC), 2020
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ipc47351.2020.9252373

Atomic-Scale Photonic Memristive and Nano-Opto-Electro-Mechanical Devices Enabled by Plasmonics

Author(s): Juerg Leuthold, Bojun Cheng, Mila Lewerenz, Elias Passerini, Yuriy Fedoryshyn, Ueli Koch, Alexandros Emboras, Christian Haffner, Mathieu Luisier, and Thomas Schimmel
Published in: Frontiers in Optics / Laser Science, 2020, paper FW7D.1., 2020
Publisher: Optica Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1364/fio.2020.fw7d.1

Plasmonic Data Center Interconnects (DCIs)

Author(s): J. Leuthold et al.
Published in: 2021 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2021, Issue pp. 1-3., 2021
Publisher: IEEE

180 GBd Electronic-Plasmonic IC Transmitter

Author(s): David Moor, Yuriy Fedoryshyn, Henning Langenhagen, Jens Müllrich, Rolf Schmid, Christopher Uhl, Michael Möller, Ueli Koch,Yannik Horst, Bertold Bitachon, Wolfgang Heni, Benedikt Baeuerle, Marcel Destraz, Huajun Xu, Delwin Elder, Lewis Johnson, Paraskevas Bakopoulos, Elad Mentovich,Lars Zimmermann, Juerg Leuthold
Published in: Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2022, pp. 01-03., 2022
Publisher: IEEE

BTO-enhanced silicon photonics – a scalable PIC platform with ultra-efficient electro-optical modulation

Author(s): Lukas Czornomaz, Stefan Abel
Published in: 2022 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2022, 2022, Page(s) pp. 1-3.
Publisher: IEEE

Waveguide-Coupled Ge Photodiodes with 3-dB Bandwidth ≥110 GHz

Author(s): Stefan Lischke; Anna Peczek; Daniel Steckler; Falk Korndörfer; Christian Mai; Lars Zimmermann
Published in: 2021 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC), 2021, Page(s) pp. 1-2
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ipc48725.2021.9593030

A Non-Volatile Optical Memory in Silicon Photonics

Author(s): Jacqueline Geler-Kremer, Felix Eltes, Pascal Stark, Ankita Sharma, Daniele Caimi, Bert Jan Offrein, Jean Fompeyrine, Stefan Abel
Published in: Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 2021, OSA Technical Digest, Issue paper Th4I.2, 2021
Publisher: OSA
DOI: 10.1364/ofc.2021.th4i.2

1>150 GHz Hybrid-Plasmonic BaTiO3-On-SOI Modulator for CMOS Foundry Integration

Author(s): David Moor, Joel Winiger, Ping Ma, Andreas Messner, Bertold Ian Bitachon, Stefan Abel, Felix Eltes, Jean Fompeyrine, and Juerg Leuthold
Published in: Frontiers in Optics / Laser Science, 2021, Issue paper FTh4D.2., 2021
Publisher: Optica Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1364/fio.2021.fth4d.2

Ge Photodiode with -3 dB OE Bandwidth of 110 GHz for PIC and ePIC Platforms

Author(s): S. Lischke, A. Peczek, F. Korndörfer, C. Mai, H. Haisch, M. Koenigsmann, M. Rudisile, D. Steckler, F. Goetz, M. Fraschke, S. Marschmeyer, A. Krüger, Y. Yamamoto, D. Schmidt, U. Saarow, P. Heinrich, A. Kroh, M. Schubert, J. Katzer, P. Kulse, A. Trusch, L. Zimmermann
Published in: IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), 2020, 2020, Page(s) pp. 7.3.1-7.3.4
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/iedm13553.2020.9372033

Electric Field Tuning of BaTiO<inf>3</inf>-on-Silicon Multi-Ring Resonators via the Pockels Effect

Author(s): J. Elliott Ortmann, Felix Eltes, Daniele Caimi, Stefan Abel
Published in: 2018 IEEE 15th International Conference on Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2018, Page(s) 1-2, ISBN 978-1-5386-5361-6
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/group4.2018.8478732

BaTiO3-based modulators for integrated optical interconnects

Author(s): Felix Eltes, Jean Fompeyrine, Stefan Abel
Published in: Optical Interconnects XIX, 2019, Page(s) 34, ISBN 9781-510624917
Publisher: SPIE
DOI: 10.1117/12.2511464

A 256-Gbps PAM-4 Signal Generator IC in <tex>$0.25-\mu \text{m}$</tex> InP DHBT Technology

Author(s): Munehiko Nagatani, Hitoshi Wakita, Teruo Jyo, Miwa Mutoh, Minoru Ida, Sorin P. Voinigescu, Hideyuki Nosaka
Published in: 2018 IEEE BiCMOS and Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuits and Technology Symposium (BCICTS), 2018, Page(s) 28-31, ISBN 978-1-5386-6502-2
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/bcicts.2018.8550977

Integrated photonic and plasmonic technologies for microwave signal processing enabling mm-wave and sub-THz wireless communication systems

Author(s): David Hillerkuss, Maurizio Burla, Yannick Salamin, Romain Bonjour, Claudia Hoessbacher, Christian Haffner, Wolfgang Heni, Yuriy Fedoryshyn, Dominik Werner, Benedikt Baeuerle, Arne Josten, Tatsuhiko Watanabe, Delwin Elder, Larry Dalton, Juerg Leuthold, Felix Abrecht
Published in: Broadband Access Communication Technologies XIII, 2019, Page(s) 3, ISBN 9781-510625334
Publisher: SPIE
DOI: 10.1117/12.2513182

Scaling Optical Interconnects Beyond 400 Gb/s

Author(s): P. Bakopoulos, P. Ma, D. Tsiokos, H. Hettrich, F. Eltes, C. Uhl, S. Lischke, D. Petousi, S. Abel, R. Schmid, G. Dabos, D. Kalavrouziotis, A. Manolis, A. Rubinstein, D. Moor, L. Zimmermann, N. Pleros, M. Moller, J. Fompeyrine, J. Leuthold, E. Mentovich
Published in: 2018 European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC), 2018, Page(s) 1-3, ISBN 978-1-5386-4862-9
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ecoc.2018.8535463

Vertically Stacked Plasmonic Slot Waveguide with 100 Gbit/s Electro-Optical Modulation

Author(s): A. Messner, P. A. Jud, W. Heni, U. Koch, H. Xu, D. L. Elder, P. Ma, and J. Leuthold
Published in: The 9th International Conference on Surface Plasmon Photonics (SPP9), 2019
Publisher: SPP9, c/o BDP Congress

plaCMOS - Wafer-scale, CMOS integration of photonics, plasmonics and electronics devices for mass manufacturing 200Gb/s non-return-to-zero (NRZ) transceivers towards low-cost Terabit connectivity in Data Centers

Author(s): Elad Mentovich
Published in: 6th International Symposium for Optical Interconnect in Data Centres, 2018
Publisher: ECOC2018

Sub-micron Plasmonic Waveguide Resonator

Author(s): Ping Ma, Xinzhi Zhang, Yannick Salamin, and Juerg Leuthold
Published in: CLEO 2020, Issue paper FM2R.3, 2020
Publisher: CLEO
DOI: 10.1364/cleo_qels.2020.fm2r.3

Novel applications of plasmonics and photonics devices to sub-THz wireless

Author(s): Maurizio Burla, Claudia Hoessbacher, Wolfgang Heni, Christian Haffner, Yuriy Fedoryshyn, Dominik Werner, Tatsuhiko Watanabe, Yannick Salamin, Hermann Massler, David Hillerkuss, Delwin Elder, Larry Dalton, and Juerg Leuthold
Published in: Proc. SPIE 11307, Broadband Access Communication Technologies, 2020
Publisher: SPIE
DOI: 10.1117/12.2550323

Very High-Speed Waveguide Integrated Germanium Photo Detectors

Author(s): Stefan Lischke; Anna Peczek; Daniel Steckler; Falk Korndörfer; Jesse Morgan; Andreas Beling; Lars Zimmermann
Published in: 2021 European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC), 2021, 2021, Page(s) pp. 1-4
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ecoc52684.2021.9606091

Novel Electro-optic Components for Integrated Photonic Neural Networks

Author(s): Pascal Stark, Jacqueline Geler-Kremer, Felix Eltes, Daniele Caimi, Jean Fompeyrine, B. J. Offrein, and Stefan Abel
Published in: OFC 2020, Optica Publishing Group (2020), paper M2I.4., 2020
Publisher: Optica Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1364/ofc.2020.m2i.4

Peer reviewed articles (13)

A ferroelectric multi-level non-1 volatile photonic phase shifter

Author(s): Jacqueline Geler-Kremer, Felix Eltes, Pascal Stark, David Stark Daniele Caimi, Heinz Siegwart, Bert Jan Offrein, Jean Fompeyrine, Stefan Abel
Published in: Nature Photonics (accepted), 2022, ISSN 1749-4893
Publisher: Nature Photonics

An integrated optical modulator operating at cryogenic temperatures

Author(s): Felix Eltes, Gerardo E Villarreal-Garcia, Daniele Caimi, Heinz Siegwart, Antonio Andreas Gentile, Andy S Hart, Pascal Stark, Graham D Marshall, Mark G Thompson, Jorge Barreto, Jean Fompeyrine, Stefan Abel
Published in: Nature Materials, Issue volume 19, 2020, Page(s) pages 1164–1168, ISSN 1476-4660
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1038/s41563-020-0725-5

Ultra-fast germanium photodiode with 3-dB bandwidth of 265 GHz. 

Author(s): S. Lischke, A. Peczek, J.S. Morgan, et al. 
Published in: Nature Photonics (2021), Issue 15, 2021, Page(s) pages925–931, ISSN 1749-4893
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1038/s41566-021-00893-w

Plasmonics—high-speed photonics for co-integration with electronics

Author(s): Ueli Koch, Christopher Uhl, Horst Hettrich, Yuriy Fedoryshyn, David Moor, Michael Baumann, Claudia Hoessbacher, Wolfgang Heni, Benedikt Baeuerle, Bertold I. Bitachon, Arne Josten, Masafumi Ayata, Huajun Xu, Delwin L. Elder, Larry R. Dalton, Elad Mentovich, Paraskevas Bakopoulos, Stefan Lischke, Andreas Krüger, Lars Zimmermann, Dimitris Tsiokos, Nikos Pleros, Michael Möller and Juerg Leuthold
Published in: Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Issue 60, 2021, ISSN 1757-899X
Publisher: IOP Publishing
DOI: 10.35848/1347-4065/abef13

A monolithic bipolar CMOS electronic–plasmonic high-speed transmitter

Author(s): Ueli Koch, Christopher Uhl, Horst Hettrich, Yuriy Fedoryshyn, Claudia Hoessbacher, Wolfgang Heni, Benedikt Baeuerle, Bertold I. Bitachon, Arne Josten, Masafumi Ayata, Huajun Xu, Delwin L. Elder, Larry R. Dalton, Elad Mentovich, Paraskevas Bakopoulos, Stefan Lischke, Andreas Krüger, Lars Zimmermann, Dimitris Tsiokos, Nikos Pleros, Michael Möller & Juerg Leuthold
Published in: Nature Electronics, Issue 3, 2020, Page(s) 338–345, ISSN 2520-1131
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1038/s41928-020-0417-9

180 Gbit/s 4:1 power multiplexer for NRZ-OOK signals with high output voltage swing in SiGe BiCMOS technology

Author(s): C. Uhl, H. Hettrich and M. Möller
Published in: Electronics Letters, Issue Vol. 56, No. 2, 2019, Page(s) pp. 69-71, ISSN 1350-911X
Publisher: Electronics Letters
DOI: 10.1049/el.2019.2557

Ultra-sensitive refractive index sensor using CMOS plasmonic transducers on silicon photonic interferometric platform

Author(s): A. Manolis, E. Chatzianagnostou, G. Dabos, D. Ketzaki, B. Chmielak, A. L. Giesecke, C. Porschatis, P. J. Cegielski, S. Suckow, L. Markey, J.-C. Weeber, A. Dereux, S. Schrittwieser, R. Heer, N. Pleros, and D. Tsiokos
Published in: Optics Express, Issue Vol. 28, Issue 14, 2020, Page(s) pp. 20992-21001, ISSN 1094-4087
Publisher: Optical Society of America
DOI: 10.1364/oe.383435

A BaTiO 3 -Based Electro-Optic Pockels Modulator Monolithically Integrated on an Advanced Silicon Photonics Platform

Author(s): Felix Eltes, Christian Mai, Daniele Caimi, Marcel Kroh, Youri Popoff, Georg Winzer, Despoina Petousi, Stefan Lischke, J. Elliott Ortmann, Lukas Czornomaz, Lars Zimmermann, Jean Fompeyrine, Stefan Abel
Published in: Journal of Lightwave Technology, Issue 37/5, 2019, Page(s) 1456-1462, ISSN 0733-8724
Publisher: Optical Society of America
DOI: 10.1109/jlt.2019.2893500

Large Pockels effect in micro- and nanostructured barium titanate integrated on silicon

Author(s): Stefan Abel, Felix Eltes, J. Elliott Ortmann, Andreas Messner, Pau Castera, Tino Wagner, Darius Urbonas, Alvaro Rosa, Ana M. Gutierrez, Domenico Tulli, Ping Ma, Benedikt Baeuerle, Arne Josten, Wolfgang Heni, Daniele Caimi, Lukas Czornomaz, Alexander A. Demkov, Juerg Leuthold, Pablo Sanchis, Jean Fompeyrine
Published in: Nature Materials, Issue 18/1, 2019, Page(s) 42-47, ISSN 1476-1122
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41563-018-0208-0

Plasmonic Ferroelectric Modulators

Author(s): Andreas Messner, Felix Eltes, Ping Ma, Stefan Abel, Benedikt Baeuerle, Arne Josten, Wolfgang Heni, Daniele Caimi, Jean Fompeyrine, Juerg Leuthold
Published in: Journal of Lightwave Technology, Issue 37/2, 2019, Page(s) 281-290, ISSN 0733-8724
Publisher: Optical Society of America
DOI: 10.1109/jlt.2018.2881332

Low-loss hybrid plasmonic coupler

Author(s): Daniel Chelladurai, Michael Doderer, Ueli Koch, Yuriy Fedoryshyn, Christian Haffner, Juerg Leuthold
Published in: Optics Express, Issue 27/8, 2019, Page(s) 11862, ISSN 1094-4087
Publisher: Optical Society of America
DOI: 10.1364/OE.27.011862

Stabilization of ferroelectric Hf x Zr 1−x O 2 films using a millisecond flash lamp annealing technique

Author(s): Éamon O’Connor, Mattia Halter, Felix Eltes, Marilyne Sousa, Andrew Kellock, Stefan Abel, Jean Fompeyrine
Published in: APL Materials, Issue 6/12, 2018, Page(s) 121103, ISSN 2166-532X
Publisher: AIP publishing
DOI: 10.1063/1.5060676

Broadband Metallic Fiber-to-Chip Couplers and a Low-Complexity Integrated Plasmonic Platform

Author(s): Andreas Messner; Pascal A. Jud; Joel Winiger; Marco Eppenberger; Daniel Chelladurai; Wolfgang Heni; Benedikt Baeuerle; Ueli Koch; Ping Ma; Christian Haffner; Huajun Xu; Delwin L. Elder; Larry R. Dalton; Jasmin Smajic; Juerg Leuthold
Published in: Nano Letters, Issue 21(11): 4539–4545., 2021, ISSN 1520-5126
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c05069

Intellectual Property Rights

Patent (1)

VOLTAGE CONTROLLED ELECTRO-OPTICAL SERIALIZER/DESERIALIZER (SERDES)

Application/Publication number: 20 19000080
Date: 2019-11-14
Applicant(s): MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES LTD - MLNX