Collaborative Research: High Performance Integrated InAs QD Laser Based Si Photonics Optical Transceiver

智力优点：该提案的目标是展示直接调制的高性能InAs量子点激光器阵列与无源a-Si：H波导和多路复用器组件通过一种新的面内集成方案集成，并首次在Si平台上实现集成光收发器。Si平台上的高性能集成光收发器电路一直难以捉摸，当将所提出的集成硅光子芯片与基于分立元件的光子IC对应物进行比较时，它们的演示具有变革性，可以被认为是Si光子学领域的里程碑。独特的量子点激光器结构和新颖的面内集成方案比目前正在探索的其他器件和集成方案更适合于硅光子学。更广泛的影响：更广泛的影响是该计划的跨学科性质。突出推广项目，为本科生和K-12学生提供研究经验，并让他们接触科学和工程学科。通过超越9.8外展计划，将向K-12学生演示使用分立元件的光互连电路的操作。拟议的计划提供了一个更广泛的影响，我们的社会超越技术优点，它桥梁光电子学与微电子学，物理学和材料科学与工程，它可以扩展光电子学到真实的应用。

Intellectual merit: The goal of this proposal is to demonstrate direct modulated high performance InAs quantum dot laser array integrated with passive a-Si:H waveguides and multiplexer components by a novel in-plane integrations scheme and achieve, for the first time, an integrated optical transceiver on the Si platform. High performance integrated optical transceiver circuits on the Si platform have been elusive, and their demonstration is transformative and can be considered a milestone in the field of Si photonics when the proposed integrated silicon photonic chips are compared with the discrete component-based photonic IC counterparts. The unique quantum dot laser structures and novel in-plane integration scheme are more suitable in silicon photonics than other devices and integration schemes that are currently being explored.Broader impacts: The broader impacts are the interdisciplinary nature of the program. Outreach projects are highlighted to provide research experience for undergraduates and K-12 students and expose them to science and engineering disciplines. Demonstration of the operation of an optical interconnection circuit with discrete components will be given to K-12 students through the Beyond-9.8 outreach program. The proposed program provides a broader impact to our society beyond technical merits, it bridges optoelectronics with microelectronics, physics and materials science and engineering, and it can extend optoelectronics to real applications.