An overview of the Photonics Systems Manufacturing Consortium - A participant in the americal institute for manufacturing-integrated photonics institute

Abstract

The evolution of the Photonics Systems Manufacturing Consortium (PSMC) and its activities and tentative results are discussed. The PSMC evolved from the long standing optical electronic roadmap activities of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Micro Photonics Center Communications Technology Roadmap (MIT MPC CTR) and the international Network for Manufacturing Innovation (iNEMI) when these two organization jointly responded to and won a National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) RFQ to roadmap photonic integrated circuits and applications in May of 2014. PSMC has made much progress reported herein since then. In July of 2015, the formation of the American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics (AIM-IP) was announced. Subsequently, PSMC joined AIM-IP and is now expanding its role to include more applications of optical electronics technology. In addition, PSMC is running a series of workshops and seminars to gather information, in the first case, and to educate interested parties in the second case. The near term PSMC objective is to define gaps and technical needs in optical electronic that are, or will become, barriers to utilizing optical technologies in applications. The tentative results as of early December 2015 are reported as well as the intended activities over the next few years. The long term PSMC objective is to contribute to the AIM IP purpose of establishing a self-sustaining institution based on fulfilling the technology needs to enable the growth of optical electronics in data communications, sensors and other applications.