Silicon photonic circuits and packaging for next generation optical transceivers

用于下一代光收发器的硅光子电路和封装

• 批准号: 507731-2016
• 负责人: Plant, David
• 金额: $ 7.29万
• 依托单位: McGill University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Collaborative Research and Development Grants
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2017-01-01 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=618657
• 关键词: Silicon; photonic; circuits; packaging; next

Driven by cloud based applications and services, there are substantial worldwide research and commercialization efforts that are being directed toward improving the capacity of intra- and inter-data center networks. Intra-data center networks operate in the O-band (1260-1360 nm) over distances ranging from 0.5 m to 20 km, and inter-data center networks operate in the C-band (1530-1565 nm) over distances ranging from 20 km to 160 km. While these two systems share similar constraints in terms of power consumption, footprint, and cost of the employed optical transceivers, they are distinct because of the differing operating wavelengths (e.g., the dispersive properties of fibers in the C-band). Enabled by original silicon photonic circuit designs and innovative packaging, the proposed research will address key challenges in data center networks, namely increasing the capacity whilst decreasing the power consumption, size, and cost of optical transceivers deployed in these networks. The research will be executed via a three-way collaboration between McGill University, Lumentum (Ottawa, CA), and the Interuniversity MicroElectronics Center (IMEC; Leuven, BE). The proposed research involves design, analysis, simulation, and experimentation, and intersects the fields of optoelectronics, optics, electronics, and packaging. It will be performed by three Ph.D. students, one PDF, and two summer students who will receive training that is highly valuable to Canadian Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) sector employers.

在基于云的应用和服务的推动下，全球范围内有大量的研究和商业化努力，旨在提高数据中心内部和数据中心之间网络的能力。数据中心内网络在0波段（1260-1360 nm）中在0.5 m至20 km的距离范围内操作，并且数据中心间网络在C波段（1530-1565 nm）中在20 km至160 km的距离范围内操作。虽然这两个系统在所采用的光收发器的功耗、占地面积和成本方面共享类似的约束，但是由于不同的操作波长（例如，C波段中纤维的色散特性）。通过原始硅光子电路设计和创新封装，拟议的研究将解决数据中心网络的关键挑战，即增加容量，同时降低这些网络中部署的光收发器的功耗，尺寸和成本。该研究将通过麦吉尔大学Lumentum（渥太华，CA）和校际微电子中心（IMEC;鲁汶，BE）之间的三方合作执行。拟议的研究涉及设计，分析，仿真和实验，并交叉领域的光电子学，光学，电子学和封装。它将由三个博士执行。学生，一个PDF和两个暑期学生谁将接受培训是非常有价值的加拿大信息和通信技术（ICT）部门的雇主。