Halogenated Organic Lasers Integrated on Silicon for Transforming Internet Communications (HOLISTIC)

光通信是未来高速数据网络的发展方向。尽管几乎所有的长距离数据传输都是以光速通过光纤传输的，但实现这一目标所需的技术对于短距离连接来说过于昂贵。由于这些数据中心目前消耗了世界上约3%的发电量，并产生了约2%的温室气体排放，因此它们被迫依靠电力连接进行短距离数据传输，这是一个能源密集型过程，也为数据传输速率提供了瓶颈。该项目旨在进一步开发一系列新的激光材料，这些材料来源于新的化学物质，可以直接沉积在硅芯片上，以实现激光器的集成。这将克服数据通信的瓶颈，并促进芯片级的超高速通信，这是硅光子学领域的基本目标，被视为下一代计算的基础技术。该项目将与伦敦玛丽女王大学和早期技术开发公司IP Group联合成立一家新的分拆公司。我们将支持Chromosol生产、测试和表征这些新型激光材料，并使用它们制造设备，证明该方法的商业可行性。

Optical communication is the future of high speed data networks. Although virtually all long distance data transfer is sent at the speed of light down optical fibres, the technology required to do this is too expensive for shorter distance links. As such datacentres, which currently consume about 3% of the world's electricity generation and are responsible for around 2% of all greenhouse gas emissions, are forced to rely on electrical connections for short range data transfer, an energy intensive process which also provides a bottleneck in the data transfer rate. This project aims to further develop a new range of laser materials derived from novel chemistry which can be deposited directly onto silicon chips in order to allow the integration of lasers. This will overcome the bottleneck in data communications and facilitate ultra-high speed communications right down to the chip level, a fundamental aim of those in the silicon photonics field which is seen as the underpinning technology for next generation computing. The project brings together a new spin-out company with Queen Mary University of London and IP Group, an early stage technology development company. We will support Chromosol to produce, test and characterise these new and novel laser materials and use them to fabricate devices demonstrating the commercial viability of the approach.