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Advanced GeSi components for next-generation silicon photonics applications

Project description

Ultrahigh-speed optical components for next-generation photonic integrated circuits

Silicon photonics has enabled the integration of optical technologies on silicon semiconductors using conventional complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor technologies and approaches, combining the best of photonics and electronics. These photonic integrated circuits (PICs) that house complex optical systems, including lasers, modulators and more, on single chips reduce losses and energy consumption while enhancing performance relative to individual components. The EU-funded SIPHO-G project will develop ultrahigh-speed optical modulators and photodetectors for integration into PICs that will push the limits of optical data transmission and accelerate innovation in next-generation optical applications.

Objective

By developing 100Gbaud Germanium-Silicon (GeSi) Quantum-Confined Stark-Effect (QCSE) modulators and highly sensitive 100Gbaud avalanche photodetectors (APD), SIPHO-G will bring breakthrough optical modulation and photodetection capability to the world of Silicon Photonics. The newly developed compact, waveguide-coupled modulator and detector building blocks will be monolithically integrated in a high-yield cutting-edge 300mm Silicon Photonics platform, propelling the bandwidth density, power efficiency, sensitivity and complexity of silicon photonic integrated circuits to the next level. Supported by an elaborate simulation and design enablement framework, SIPHO-G will demonstrate an extensive set of application-driven prototypes across the O-band and C-band. By bringing together the entire Silicon Photonics value chain, SIPHO-G will accelerate the development of next-generation co-packaged optics, long-haul optical communications, as well as emerging PIC applications such as optical neuromorphic computing, with performance levels of 4x-20x beyond current state of the art.

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(opens in new window) H2020-ICT-2018-20

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INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELECTRONICA CENTRUM
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€ 2 149 855,59
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KAPELDREEF 75
3001 Leuven
Belgium

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Vlaams Gewest Prov. Vlaams-Brabant Arr. Leuven
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