Silicon photonics integrated circuits: a manufacturing platform for high density, low power optical I/O’s

P. Absil, Peter Verheyen, Peter De Heyn, Marianna Pantouvaki, Guy Lepage, Jeroen De Coster, Joris Van Campenhout

Optics Express · 2015 · 129 citations · 16 references

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Silicon photonics integrated circuits are considered to enable future computing systems with optical input-outputs co-packaged with CMOS chips to circumvent the limitations of electrical interfaces. In this paper we present the recent progress made to enable dense multiplexing by exploiting the integration advantage of silicon photonics integrated circuits. We also discuss the manufacturability of such circuits, a key factor for a wide adoption of this technology.

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