Title :
Silicon Photonics
Author :
Baets, R. ; Dumon, P. ; Bogaerts, W. ; Roelkens, G. ; Van Campenhout, J. ; Taillaert, D. ; Brouckaert, J. ; De Vos, K. ; Roels, J. ; Selvaraja, S.K. ; van Laere, F. ; Bienstman, P. ; Van Thourhout, D.
Author_Institution :
Ghent Univ., Ghent
Abstract :
Silicon photonics is rapidly gaining importance as a generic technology platform for a wide range of applications in telecom, datacom, interconnect and sensing. It allows to implement photonic functions in or above silicon through the use of wafer-scale technologies normally used for advanced CMOS-processing. In recent years there has been a plethora of breakthroughs in this field, including the demonstration of ultra-compact passive optical functions, high speed optical modulators and detectors, silicon lasers, all-optical signal processing functions, etc. One of the exciting new directions is the wafer-scale heterogeneous integration of III-V materials with silicon.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; elemental semiconductors; integrated optoelectronics; nanoelectronics; silicon; wafer-scale integration; CMOS processing; III-V materials; Si; all-optical signal processing functions; high-speed optical modulators; nanophotonics; photodetectors; silicon lasers; silicon photonics; ultra-compact passive optical functions; wafer-scale heterogeneous integration; CMOS technology; High speed optical techniques; III-V semiconductor materials; Optical interconnections; Optical modulation; Optical sensors; Optical signal processing; Photonics; Silicon; Telecommunications;
Conference_Titel :
VLSI Technology, Systems and Applications, 2007. VLSI-TSA 2007. International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Hsinchu
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0584-X
Electronic_ISBN :
1524-766X
DOI :
10.1109/VTSA.2007.378895
