This technical brief examines the evolution of optical communications in computing systems and the transition to...

This technical brief examines the evolution of optical communications in computing systems and the transition to...
We demonstrate 128 Gbps/port (8-λ×16 Gbps/λ) natively error-free transmission across eight optical ports using a...
Abstract: We demonstrate an electro-optic system enabling a direct optical I/O interface in an ASIC package. The...
Abstract: This slide deck was presented by Mark Wade on August 20, 2019. It explores Ayar Labs' innovative TeraPHY,...
In this work, we provide an overview of System-in-Package (SiP) integration of an electronic-photonic chiplet fabricated in a commercial CMOS foundry. Assembly considerations, including co-packaging in a standard multi-chip module (MCM) package with a System-on-Chip (SoC), thermals, and fiber attach will be reviewed.
In this review paper, we take a comprehensive view of the performance of the silicon-photonic technologies developed to date for photonic interconnect applications. We also present the latest performance and results of our “zero-change” silicon photonics platforms in 45 nm and 32 nm SOI CMOS.
The next generations of large-scale data-centers and supercomputers demand optical interconnects to migrate to 400G and beyond. Microring modulators in silicon-photonics VLSI chips are promising devices to meet this demand due to their energy efficiency and compatibility with dense wavelength division multiplexed chip-to-chip optical I/O.
In this work, we present WaveLight, a monolithic silicon-photonics platform whereby a low latency reliable deterministic protocol with optical functions are designed directly into an existing high-volume CMOS process.
Apodized bi-level fiber-to-chip grating couplers, designed using a complex-wavevector band-structure approach, are demonstrated in a commercially available, monolithic SOI CMOS process achieving 92% (−0.36dB) coupling efficiency.
Here, we present a bit-statistical tuner that decouples tracking of optical one and zero-levels to realize non-dc-balanced data transmission, an “eye-max”-locking controller, and self-heating cancellation without need for a high-speed sensing frontend.
This demonstration could represent the beginning of an era of chip-scale electronic–photonic systems with the potential to transform computing system architectures, enabling more powerful computers, from network infrastructure to data centres and supercomputers.
This proof-of-principle device demonstrates the potential of commercial CMOS microelectronics as an advanced quantum photonics platform with the capability of large volumes and pristine process control, where state-of-the-art high-speed digital circuits could interact with quantum photonic circuits.