Co-packaged optics (CPO): status, challenges, and solutions

M Tan, J Xu, S Liu, J Feng, H Zhang, C Yao… - Frontiers of …, 2023 - Springer
Due to the rise of 5G, IoT, AI, and high-performance computing applications, datacenter
traffic has grown at a compound annual growth rate of nearly 30%. Furthermore, nearly three …

CORNERSTONE's silicon photonics rapid prototyping platforms: current status and future outlook

CG Littlejohns, DJ Rowe, H Du, K Li, W Zhang, W Cao… - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Featured Application The CORNERSTONE silicon photonics rapid prototyping service can
be used by academic and industry researchers alike. The platform targets those who require …

An integrated CMOS–silicon photonics transmitter with a 112 gigabaud transmission and picojoule per bit energy efficiency

K Li, DJ Thomson, S Liu, W Zhang, W Cao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The widening application of advanced digital infrastructure requires the development of
communications technologies with increased data transmission rates. However, ensuring …

High bandwidth capacitance efficient silicon MOS modulator

W Zhang, K Debnath, B Chen, K Li, S Liu… - Journal of lightwave …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
This article analysed and optimised horizontal Silicon insulator Silicon capacitor (H-SISCAP)
phase shifter structures with insulator thickness tox up to 40 nm. The phase shifter has an …

16-channel photonic–electric co-designed silicon transmitter with ultra-low power consumption

J Shi, M Jin, T Yang, H Shu, F Yang, H Liu… - Photonics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
A hybrid integrated 16-channel silicon transmitter based on co-designed photonic integrated
circuits (PICs) and electrical chiplets is demonstrated. The driver in the 65 nm CMOS …

Towards the integration of InP photonics with silicon electronics: design and technology challenges

W Yao, X Liu, MK Matters-Kammerer… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Intimate integration of photonics with electronics is regarded as the key to further
improvement in bandwidth, speed and energy efficiency of information transport systems …

53 GBd PAM-4 fully-integrated silicon photonics transmitter with a hybrid flip-chip bonded laser

S Yoo, H Park, JC Lee, EK Kang, JY Huh, GS Cho… - Optics …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
We present a fully-integrated single-lane 53 GBd PAM-4 silicon photonics (SiPh) transmitter
(Tx) with a flip-chip bonded laser diode (LD). The LD is butt-coupled to a Si edge coupler …

Design and performance evaluation of multi-Gb/s silicon photonics transmitters for high energy physics

S Cammarata, G Ciarpi, S Faralli, P Velha, G Magazzù… - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
Optical links are rapidly becoming pervasive in the readout chains of particle physics
detector systems. Silicon photonics (SiPh) stands as an attractive candidate to sustain the …

Optical modulators

G Reed, D Thomson, W Zhang, F Gardes… - integrated photonics for …, 2023 - Elsevier
This chapter discusses the possible mechanisms for optical modulation, technology
platforms, the current state of the art, and the prospects for the future progression of optical …

A low power CMOS driver integrated with Mach-Zehnder modulator for PAM4 optical transmissions

TH Lee, J Zhang, S Hong, CH Hsu… - 2020 50th European …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we design a wideband driver in 65nm CMOS and integrate with the MZM
(Mach-Zehnder Modulator) and bias network to demonstrate high speed electrical-optical …