2012/03/04 by Tom Baehr-Jones, Tom Baehr‐Jones, Ran Ding +30
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Optical Network Technologies #Optics (physics.optics) #Photonic and Optical Devices #Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices #physics.optics
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1203.0767
9 figures
arxiv created 2012/03/04 · openalex publication_date 2012/03/04 · arxiv updated 2012/03/06 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Silicon has attracted attention as an inexpensive and scalable material system for photonic-electronic, system-on-chip development. For this, a platform with both photodetectors and modulators working at high speeds, with excellent cross-wafer uniformity, is needed. We demonstrate an optical-lithography, wafer-scale photonics platform with 25 Gb/s operation. We also demonstrate modulation with an ultra-low drive voltage of 1 Vpp at 25 Gb/s. We demonstrate attractive cross-wafer uniformity, and provide detailed information about the device geometry. Our platform is available to the community as part of a photonics shuttle service.