We review Sandia's silicon photonics platform for national security applications. Silicon
photonics offers the potential for extensive size, weight, power, and cost (SWaP-c)
reductions compared to existing III-V or purely electronics circuits. Unlike most silicon
photonics foundries in the US and internationally, our silicon photonics is manufactured in a
trusted environment at our Microsystems and Engineering Sciences Application (MESA)
facility. The Sandia fabrication facility is certified as a trusted foundry and can therefore …

We review Sandia's silicon photonics platform for national security applications. Silicon
photonics offers the potential for extensive SWaP-c reductions compared to existing III-V or
electronics circuits. We will describe a variety of devices and subsystems that can enable
future complex functionality in aerospace systems, principally focusing on communications
technology in optical interconnects and optical networking. The process consists of a thin
silicon layer with a thick buried oxide layer to prevent absorption of the optical wave in the …