Silicon on insulator components for optical data transmission systems.

建议的研究继续成功的研究和开发（R）的应用程序有三个不同的研究方向。 一个方向涉及用于光网络的光调制器。 另一个方向涉及新型过滤器和过滤系统的开发。又一个方向涉及用于光网络的紧凑的、基于亚波长光栅的和亚波长光栅辅助的基本光学部件的开发。 所有提出的工作都将用于在SOI平台上制造的光学系统和子系统。**在区域调制器的工作的目的是研究新的调制器的设计，提高工作速度，减少片上真实的资产，降低功耗，并控制啁啾，相比目前使用的SOI调制器。 这种调制器的发展将促进未来光互连和电信系统的进一步发展，并显著降低其成本。 待研究的调制器将使用硅pn结中的"等离子体色散"效应。 将研究超低功率、无自由频谱范围（FSR）、低啁啾、基于微环谐振器（MRR）的调制器，以及超低啁啾、推挽、无FSR、基于MRR的干涉式调制器和超低啁啾、推挽偏振调制器。*在新的滤波器设计领域的工作目标是针对电信和/或电信应用。 这些滤波器将使用MRR、光栅、反向耦合器以及谐振器、光栅和/或反向耦合器的组合。这些将是紧凑的基于MRR的滤波器，其具有弯曲的反向耦合器，该反向耦合器在通过端口和分出端口处具有抑制的自由光谱范围和大的相邻侧模抑制比。其他将被研究和进一步开发的滤波器是超紧凑、变迹、串联堆叠、基于反向耦合器的滤波器，用于波分复用应用。开发用于光网络的紧凑的、基于SWG的和SWG辅助的光学部件的工作的目标将集中于基本部件，诸如基于模式演进的耦合器、可调谐耦合器、偏振旋转器、偏振组合器、偏振分离器、偏振分离器-旋转器、偏振组合器-组合器、可调谐偏振转换器、偏振旋转滤波器、偏振无关器件、谐振器、这项工作的重要性在于，这种器件应该为标准的、商业上可用的制造工艺提供更大的性能均匀性。**该提案旨在确保加拿大在设计和开发商用SOI平台组件方面处于领先地位，因此在总体上处于光子学相关研发的最前沿。

The research proposed continues successful research and development (R The application has three distinct research directions. One direction is related to optical modulators for use in optical networks. Another direction is related to the development of novel filters and filter-systems. Yet another direction is related to the development of compact, sub-wavelength-grating-based and sub-wavelength-grating-assisted, fundamental optical components for use in optical networks. All of the work proposed will be intended for use in optical systems and subsystems fabricated on SOI platforms.******The objective of the work in the area modulators is to research novel modulator designs that increase operating speed, reduce on-chip real estate, lower power consumption, and control chirp, as compared to SOI modulators currently in use. The development of such modulators will facilitate the further development of, and significantly reduce the cost of, future optical interconnects and telecommunication systems. The modulators to be investigated will use the "plasma-dispersion" effect in silicon pn junctions. Ultra-low power, free-spectral-range-free (FSR-free), low-chirp, micro-ring resonator-based (MRR-based) modulators will be investigated as will ultra-low chirp, push-pull, FSR-free, MRR-based interferometric modulators and ultra-low chirp, push-pull polarization modulators.******The objective of the work in the area of novel filter designs is targeted at datacom and/or telecom applications. These filters will use MRRs, gratings, contra-directional couplers, and combinations of resonators, gratings, and/or contra-directional couplers. These will be compact MRR-based filters with bent contra-directional couplers having suppressed free-spectral-ranges and large adjacent side-mode-suppression-ratios at both the through and the drop ports. Other filters that will be investigated and further developed are ultra-compact, apodized, series-stacked, contra-directional-coupler-based filters for course wavelength division multiplexing applications.******The objective of the work into the development of compact, SWG-based and SWG-assisted optical components for use in optical networks will focus on fundamental components such as mode-evolution-based couplers, tunable couplers, polarization rotators, polarization combiners, polarization splitters, polarization splitter-rotators, polarization rotator-combiners, tunable polarization converters, polarization rotating filters, polarization independent devices, resonators, etc. This work is significant in that such devices should offer greater performance uniformity for standard, commercially available, fabrication processes.******This proposal is aimed at ensuring that Canada remains at the forefront of the design and development of components for commercially available SOI platforms and, therefore, at the cutting edge of photonics related R&D in general.