Silicon photonics for optical computing, interconnects and sensing

Abstract

Silicon photonics has been an active research topic for the past twenty years. The maturity of silicon nanofabrication and the transparency of silicon material at C- and L-band are a critical factor for the realization of silicon photonics for real applications. However, due to the intrinsic nature of indirect bandgap, hybrid integration with external III-V based lasers is the trend for integration. In this talk, we will focus on several key application areas. Figure 1 shows the system architecture to be demonstrated using III-V and silicon integrated photonic devices where energy consumption and bandwidth can be significantly improved.