Title :
Si Photonics and Fiber to the Home
Author :
Wada, Kazumi ; Park, Sungbong ; Ishikawa, Yasuhiko
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mater. Eng., Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo
fDate :
7/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This paper describes Si photonics and the key application to fiber-to-the-home (FTTH). Mass production in terms of complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor technology is a prerequisite for Si photonics to provide a cost-effective solution, and FTTH should meet this requirement. We describe a design of the FTTH chip architecture with wavelength-division multiplexing based on ring-resonator demultiplexers and multiplexers. The grand challenge of Si photonics for this application is the production of Ge photodetectors and modulators.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; demultiplexing equipment; elemental semiconductors; germanium; integrated optoelectronics; multiplexing equipment; optical communication equipment; optical fibre subscriber loops; optical modulation; optical resonators; photodetectors; silicon; wavelength division multiplexing; FTTH chip architecture; Ge; Si; complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor technology; fiber-to-the-home; modulator; multiplexer; photodetector; ring-resonator demultiplexer; silicon photonics; wavelength-division multiplexing; Bandwidth; Clocks; Costs; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber subscriber loops; Optical interconnections; Optical modulation; Photonics; Prototypes; Silicon; Communication; electronics; germanium; integrated circuits; optics; silicon;
Journal_Title :
Proceedings of the IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/JPROC.2009.2019050
