Integrated photonic receiver enabling parallel electronic processing for cost effective high-speed data communications

提出了一种用于支持下一代数据中心的短距离互连的新型光接收器架构，以开发商业上可行的原型。在硅光子学工艺中制造了概念验证，硅光子学工艺是光子器件大批量生产的重要技术。这种新方法最近在10和20 Gb/s的数据速率下进行了验证，其中利用光学采样方法大大降低了电子工作频率要求。然而，对于这个演示，电子处理必须离线执行。这种新颖的方法被申请为美国临时专利。该项目的目标是实现集成光学和电子集成电路的全功能原型，以展示新架构的实时性能。该项目的重点是光学和电子前端的协同设计和协同封装。它将从为演示的光学前端开发电子前端开始，两者都将被共封装到陶瓷载体上。在此之后，第二代100/ 400gb /s数据通信将在这个为期一年的项目中实施。本项目已确定具有所需背景的强大和经验丰富的博士后和研究生。这种新型的光电接收器引起了一些工业合作伙伴的高度兴趣，因为它具有重要的节能前景。总部位于加拿大的公司Ranovus、Reflex Photonics和AEPONYX，以及总部位于加拿大渥太华的跨国公司华为，都支持该项目，并对其应用于400G以太网表达了强烈的兴趣。实际上，所提出的方法为下一代计算系统中不断增长的100/ 400gb /s技术市场提供了成本更低的解决方案。该项目将有可能使我们的加拿大工业合作伙伴更快地进入这个竞争激烈的市场，并建立领导地位。

A novel photoreceiver architecture for short reach interconnects supporting the next generation data centers is proposed towards the development of a commercially viable prototype. A proof-of-concept was fabricated in a Silicon Photonics process, an important technology for high-volume manufacturing of photonic devices. The novel approach was recently validated at data rates of 10 and 20 Gb/s where the electronic operating frequency requirement is significantly reduced by exploiting an optical sampling method. However, for this demonstration the electronic processing had to be performed offline. The novel approach was filed as a U.S. provisional patent.This project goal is to implement fully functional prototypes integrating both the optical and electronic integrated circuits in order to demonstrate the real time performance of the novel architecture. The project focuses on the co-design and co-packaging of the optical and electronic front-ends. It will begin with the development of an electronic front-end for the demonstrated optical front-end and both will be co-packaged onto a ceramic carrier. Following this, a 2nd generation towards 100/400 Gb/s data communication will be implemented within this one-year project. Strong and experienced postdoctoral fellows and graduate students with the required background have been identified for this project.The novel photoreceiver is of high interest to several industrial partners as it has the prospect of important power consumption savings. Canadian-based companies Ranovus, Reflex Photonics, and AEPONYX, and a multinational company based in Ottawa, Huawei Canada, are supporting this project with strong expressed interest towards its application to 400G Ethernet. Indeed, the proposed approach offers a lower cost solution for the growing market of 100/400 Gb/s technologies in next generation computing systems. The project will potentially enable our Canadian industrial partners to enter this competitive market more quickly and establish a leadership position.