Towards the neW era of 1.6 Tb/s System-In-Package transceivers for datacenter appLIcations exploiting wafer-scale co-inteGration of InP membranes and InP-HBT elecTronics

Deliverables

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (4)

Initial Press Release and Communication kit

The deliverable will comprise the dissemination material that will be produced within the project including a press release, a narrative text, photographs, slides, video or any other suitable communication material, accompanied with copyright licences for the European Commission and for Photonics21.

Video Presentation

This deliverable reports on the preparation of the Project Video aiming to provide a concise project overview in a way that is comprehensible to a broad audience.

Updated Press Release and Communication kit

This is an update of the deliverable D73

Website development and setup of social accounts

This deliverable will report on the preparation of the project website that will be on a .EU domain. The website will include all project information (contract, funding scheme, consortium), description of TWLIGHT vision and its technological objectives, publications, news and it will also maintain a private area accessible by TWILIGHT participants only which will contain all confidential material (deliverables, reports, etc.). In addition the deliverable will report on the setup of the social accounts for the project.

Documents, reports (3)

Factsheet and project presentation

This deliverable will include the preparation of the project factsheet and short presentation which will be used for project dissemination throughout the project duration. It will target the general public audience and will outline the project vision, technological objectives and impact.

Initial report on network scenarios, system requirements and KPIs

This deliverable will report on the use cases of TWILIGHT project which will define the system specifications and key-performance indicators (KPIs) for the target project demonstrators.

Report on setup of experimental testbeds

This report will include the definition of testing methodologies and procedures that will be used to evaluate TWILIGHT modules and demonstrators under lab and realistic conditions

Publications

Conference proceedings (18)

Enhanced absorption distribution in waveguide integrated UTC-PD by means of dual injection

Author(s): Jasper de Graaf, K. Williams, Y. Jiao
Published in: 25th annual Symposium of the IEEE Photonics Benelux Chapter, 2021
Publisher: IEEE

300 Gbps Short-Reach C-Band Optical Links

Author(s): Oskars Ozolins, Lu Zhang, Aleksejs Udalcovs, Hadrien Louchet, Thomas Dippon, Markus Gruen, Xiaodan Pang, Richard Schatz, Urban Westergren, Shilin Xiao, Sergei Popov, Jiajia Chen
Published in: 2020 22nd International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2020, Page(s) 1-1, ISBN 978-1-7281-8423-4
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/icton51198.2020.9203391

Design, modelling and characterization of a 3-Vppd 90-GBaud over-110-GHz-bandwidth linear driver in 0.5-μm InP DHBTs for optical communications

Author(s): R. Hersent, T.K. Johansen, V. Nodjiadjim, F. Jorge, B. Duval, F. Blache, M. Riet, C. Mismer, A. Konczykowska
Published in: 2021 IEEE BiCMOS and Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuits and Technology Symposium (BCICTS), 2021
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/bcicts50416.2021.9682463

Design of an O-Band Polarization Insensitive SOAs on IMOS for High-Performance Optical Switches

Author(s): Desalegn Wolde Feyisa, Yuqing Jiao, Zhaowei Chen, Nicola Calabretta, and Ripalta Stabile
Published in: Asia Communications and Photonics Conference 2021, 2021
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1364/acpc.2021.t4a.174

140 Gb/s WDM Data Routing in a Lossless Strictly Non-Blocking SOA-Based Photonic Integrated 8×8 Space Switch

Author(s): D. W. Feyisa, B. Shi, B. Smalbrugge, K. A. Williams, N. Calabretta and R. Stabile
Published in: Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2021
Publisher: IEEE

Optical Amplification-Free 200 Gbaud On-Off Keying Link for Intra-Data Center Communications

Author(s): Oskars Ozolins, Toms Salgals, Hadrien Louchet, Mahdieh Joharifar, Richard Schatz, Markus Gruen, Thomas Dippon, Benjamin Krüger, Di Che, Yasuhiro Matsui, Yuchuan Fan, Aleksejs Udalcovs, Lu Zhang, Xianbin Yu, Sandis Spolitis, Vjaceslavs Bobrovs, Sergei Popov, and Xiaodan Pang
Published in: Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 2022, 2022
Publisher: Optica
DOI: 10.1364/ofc.2022.th4a.6

Towards wafer-scale integration of InP membranes on 3” InP substrates for next-generation 1.6Tb/s optical transceivers

Author(s): S. Abdi, V. Nodjiadjim, R. Hersent, M. Riet, C. Mismer, M. Movahhedrad, T. de Vries, K.A. Williams, and Y. Jiao
Published in: 25th annual Symposium of the IEEE Photonics Benelux Chapter, 2021
Publisher: IEEE

High-Speed Short Reach Optical Communications: Technological Options and Challenges

Author(s): Xiaodan Pang, Aleksejs Udalcovs, Richard Schatz, Sergei Popov, Oskars Ozolins
Published in: Asia Communications and Photonics Conference/International Conference on Information Photonics and Optical Communications 2020 (ACP/IPOC), 2020, Page(s) S3H.5, ISBN 978-1-943580-82-8
Publisher: OSA
DOI: 10.1364/acpc.2020.s3h.5

Analog-Multiplexer (AMUX) circuit realized in InP DHBT technology for high order electrical modulation formats (PAM-4, PAM-8)

Author(s): R. Hersent, A. Konczykowska, F. Jorge, M. Riet, C. Mismer, V. Nodjiadjim, B. Duval, J-Y. Dupuy
Published in: 2020 23rd International Microwave and Radar Conference (MIKON), 2020, Page(s) 222-224, ISBN 978-83-949421-7-5
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.23919/mikon48703.2020.9253772

Feasibility Study of Scalable 16×16 SOA-Based Optical Switches on IMOS for Data Communication Application

Author(s): Feyisa, D. W., Patronas, G., Bakopoulos, P., Calabretta, N., & Stabile, R. 
Published in: Photonics in Switching and Computing, 2021
Publisher: Optica
DOI: 10.1364/psc.2021.m2a.5

An O-band polarization-insensitive SOA building block for SOA-based Optical switches in IMOS Platform

Author(s): D.W. Feyisa, Y.Jiao, Z.Chen, N.Calabretta and R.Stabile
Published in: 25th annual Symposium of the IEEE Photonics Benelux Chapter, 2021
Publisher: IEEE

The path to 1Tb/s and beyond datacenter interconnect networks: technologies, components, and subsystems

Author(s): Maria Spyropoulou, Giannis Kanakis, Yuqing Jiao, Ripalta (Patty) Stabile, Nicola Calabretta, Kevin Williams, Virginie Nodjiadjim, Romain Hersent, Agnieszka Konczykowska, Richard Schatz, Oskars Ozolins, Mahdieh Joharifar, Jakub Zverina, Martin Žoldák, Paraskevas Bakopoulos, Giannis Patronas, Hercules Avramopoulos
Published in: Metro and Data Center Optical Networks and Short-Reach Links IV, Proceedings Volume 11712, 5 March 2021, 2021, Page(s) 13, ISBN 9781510642607
Publisher: SPIE
DOI: 10.1117/12.2582920

0.4-µm InP/InGaAs DHBT with a 380-GHz fT, > 600-GHz fmax and BVCE0 > 4.5V

Author(s): N. Davy, V. Nodjiadjim, M. Riet, C. MIsmer, M. Deng, C. Mukherjee, J. Renaudier, C. Maneux
Published in: 2021 IEEE BiCMOS and Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuits and Technology Symposium (BCICTS), 2021
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/bcicts50416.2021.9682209

InP membrane technology for photonics electronics convergence

Author(s): Yuqing Jiao, Jos van der Tol, Kevin Williams
Published in: 2020 Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2020, Page(s) 1-3, ISBN 978-1-7281-5445-9
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/oecc48412.2020.9273617

Ultra-compact 8 × 8 optical space switch with generic InP technology

Author(s): D. Wolde Feyisa, B. Shi, B. Smalbrugge, K. A. Williams, R. Stabile
Published in: 22nd International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2020
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/icton51198.2020.9203424

Paving the way to 1.6T datacenter interconnect technologies: the TWILIGHT vision

Author(s): Giannis Kanakis, Maria Spyropoulou, Yuqing Jiao, Ripalta Stabile, Nicola Calabretta, Kevin Williams, Virginie Nodjiadjim, Romain Hersent, Agnieszka Konczykowska, Richard Schatz, Oskars Ozolins, Mahdieh Joharifar, Jakub Zveřina, Martin Žoldák, Paraskevas Bakopoulos, Giannis Patronas and Hercules Avramopoulos
Published in: PhD Workshop on Next-Generation Cloud Infrastructure, 2021
Publisher: Microsoft Research Lab

Modeling and characterization of InGaAsP selective-area growth with broad bandgap tuning in S- and C-band

Author(s): """Z. Chen, F. Lemaitre, A. Kapoor, P.J. van Veldhoven, Y. Wang, M. Lodde, R. Ma, D.W. Feyisa, K.A. Williams, J.J.G.M. van der Tol, and Y. Jiao. """
Published in: 25th annual Symposium of the IEEE Photonics Benelux Chapter, 2021
Publisher: IEEE

300+ Gbps Short-Reach Optical Communications

Author(s): Oskars Ozolins, Lu Zhang, Aleksejs Udalcovs, Hadrien Louchet, Thomas Dippon, Markus Gruen, Xiaodan Pang, Richard Schatz, Urban Westergren, Shilin Xiao, Sergei Popov, Jiajia Chen
Published in: Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2020, Page(s) STh3L.6, ISBN 978-1-943580-76-7
Publisher: OSA
DOI: 10.1364/cleo_si.2020.sth3l.6

Peer reviewed articles (10)

Telecommunication Compatibility Evaluation for Co-existing Quantum Key Distribution in Homogenous Multicore Fiber

Author(s): Rui Lin, Aleksejs Udalcovs, Oskars Ozolins, Xiaodan Pang, Lin Gan, Ming Tang, Songnian Fu, Sergei Popov, Thiago Ferreira Da Silva, Guilherme B. Xavier, Jiajia Chen
Published in: IEEE Access, 8, 2020, Page(s) 78836-78846, ISSN 2169-3536
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
DOI: 10.1109/access.2020.2990186

106‐GHz bandwidth InP DHBT linear driver with a 3‐V ppdiff swing at 80 GBd in PAM‐4

Author(s): R. Hersent, F. Jorge, B. Duval, J.‐Y. Dupuy, A. Konczykowska, M. Riet, V. Nodjiadjim, C. Mismer, F. Blache, A. Kasbari, A. Ouslimani
Published in: Electronics Letters, 56/14, 2020, Page(s) 691-693, ISSN 0013-5194
Publisher: Institute of Electrical Engineers
DOI: 10.1049/el.2020.0654

Short Reach Communication Technologies for Client-side Optics beyond 400 Gbps

Author(s): Xiaodan Pang, Aleksejs Udalcovs, Richard Schatz, Vjaceslavs Bobrovs, Gunnar Jacobsen, Sergei Popov, Oskars Ozolins, Oskars Ozolins, Oskars Ozolins
Published in: IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 2021, Page(s) 1-1, ISSN 1041-1135
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/lpt.2021.3078255

Towards 1.6T datacentre interconnect technologies: the TWILIGHT perspective

Author(s): Maria Spyropoulou, Giannis Kanakis, Yuqing Jiao, Ripalta Stabile, Nicola Calabretta, Kevin Williams, Jean-Yves Dupuy, Agnieszka Konczykowska, Richard Schatz, Oskars Ozolins, Jakub Zve{ě}řina, Martin Žoldák, Paraskevas Bakopoulos, Giannis Patronas, Hercules Avramopoulos
Published in: Journal of Physics: Photonics, 2/4, 2020, Page(s) 041002, ISSN 2515-7647
Publisher: IOP Publishing Ltd
DOI: 10.1088/2515-7647/ab9bf6

Beyond 110 GHz Uni-Traveling Carrier Photodiodes on an InP-Membrane-on-Silicon Platform

Author(s): Jasper de Graaf , Xinran Zhao, Dimitrios Konstantinou , Menno van den Hout , Sander Reniers , Longfei Shen, Sjoerd van der Heide , Simon Rommel , Idelfonso Tafur Monroy , Chigo Okonkwo , Zizheng Cao , Ton Koonen , Kevin Williams, and Yuqing Jiao
Published in: IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 1077260X, 2022, Page(s) 3802010, ISSN 1077-260X
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/jstqe.2021.3110411

100 Gbaud On–Off Keying/Pulse Amplitude Modulation Links in C-Band for Short-Reach Optical Interconnects

Author(s): Oskars Ozolins, Xiaodan Pang, Aleksejs Udalcovs, Richard Schatz, Sandis Spolitis, Vjaceslavs Bobrovs, Gunnar Jacobsen, Sergei Popov
Published in: Applied Sciences, 11/9, 2021, Page(s) 4284, ISSN 2076-3417
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/app11094284

160-GSa/s-and-beyond 108-GHz-bandwidth over-2-Vppd output-swing 0.5-μm InP DHBT 2:1 AMUX-driver for next generation optical communications

Author(s): R. Hersent, A. Konczykowska, F. Jorge, F. Blache, V. Nodjiadjim, M. Riet, C. Mismer and J. Renaudier
Published in: IEEE MICROWAVE AND WIRELESS COMPONENTS LETTERS, 15311309, 2021, Page(s) 752-755, ISSN 1531-1309
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/lmwc.2022.3161706

Compact 8×8 SOA-Based Optical WDM Space Switch in Generic InP Technology

Author(s): Feyisa, D. W., Shi, B., Kraemer, R., Calabretta, N., Stabile, R.
Published in: Journal of Light Wave Technology (JLT), 07338724, 2022, Page(s) 6331-6338, ISSN 0733-8724
Publisher: Optical Society of America
DOI: 10.1109/jlt.2022.3197292

InP membrane integrated photonics research

Author(s): Yuqing Jiao, Nobuhiko Nishiyama, Jos van der Tol, Jorn van Engelen, Vadim Pogoretskiy, Sander Reniers, Amir Abbas Kashi, Yi Wang, Victor Dolores Calzadilla, Marc Spiegelberg, Zizheng Cao, Kevin Williams, Tomohiro Amemiya, Shigehisa Arai
Published in: Semiconductor Science and Technology, 36/1, 2020, Page(s) 013001, ISSN 0268-1242
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6641/abcadd

Kernel Affine Projection for Nonlinearity Tolerant Optical Short Reach Systems

Author(s): Lu Zhang, Jiajia Chen, Aleksejs Udalcovs, Xiaodan Pang, Richard Schatz, Urban Westergren, Sergei Popov, Shilin Xiao, Oskars Ozolins
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Communications, 68/10, 2020, Page(s) 6403-6412, ISSN 0090-6778
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/tcomm.2020.3007643