Silicon photonic microcavities for optical switching

Author

Schönenberger, Sophie ; Dahlem, Marcus S. ; Stöferle, Thilo ; Moll, Nikolaj ; Mahrt, Rainer F. ; Offrein, Bert J. ; Ippen, Erich P. ; Wahlbrink, Thorsten ; Bolten, Jens ; Plötzing, Tobias ; Waldow, Michael ; Först, Michael ; Kurz, Heinrich ; Götzinger, St

Author_Institution

Zurich Res. Lab., IBM Res. GmbH, Ruschlikon, Switzerland

fYear

2009

fDate

14-19 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

The prospect of silicon photonics is particularly promising: the fabrication is mostly compatible with standard CMOS technology and it will offer tremendous advantages over traditional optical communication solutions with respect to size, cost and power. There has been a significant activity in the development of photonic circuits having a density approaching that of modern electronic circuits for future chip-to-chip or on- chip optical interconnects. Therefore, an ultrasmall footprint of integrated optical components is of pivotal importance.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; integrated optics; optical interconnections; optical switches; silicon; chip-to-chip optical interconnects; integrated optical components; modern electronic circuits; on-chip optical interconnects; optical communication solutions; optical switching; photonic circuits; silicon photonic microcavities; silicon photonics; standard CMOS technology; CMOS technology; Circuits; Communication standards; Communication switching; Costs; Microcavities; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber communication; Photonics; Silicon;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4079-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4080-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5192041

Filename

5192041