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

智能优点：本方案的目标是通过一种新颖的面内集成方案，展示与无源a-Si：H光波导和多路复用器组件集成的直接调制高性能InAs量子点激光器阵列，并首次在硅平台上实现集成光收发器。硅平台上的高性能集成光收发电路一直难以捉摸，它们的展示具有变革性，可以被认为是硅光子学领域的一个里程碑，将所提出的集成硅光子芯片与基于分立元件的光子IC进行比较。与目前正在探索的其他器件和集成方案相比，独特的量子点激光器结构和新颖的面内集成方案更适合用于硅光子学。更广泛的影响是该计划的跨学科性质。重点是推广项目，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Beyond-9.8推广计划，将向K-12学生演示具有分立元件的光学互连电路的操作。拟议中的计划对我们的社会产生了除技术优势之外的更广泛的影响，它将光电子学与微电子学、物理学、材料科学和工程学联系起来，并可以将光电子学扩展到实际应用中。

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.