Silicon Photonics: Bigger is Better

Andrew G. Rickman

doi:10.1117/12.2302546

21 November 2018 Silicon Photonics: Bigger is Better

Andrew G. Rickman

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Proceedings Volume 10537, Silicon Photonics XIII; 1053702 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2302546
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2018, San Francisco, California, United States

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Over the past 30 years silicon photonics has evolved into a volume technology supporting mainstream commercial applications. Though we have seen a proliferation of new approaches, the attributes required for commercial success remain the same as they were three decades ago: volume manufacturability, optical power efficiency, and high-signalling bandwidth. Comparing to the evolution of the silicon microelectronics industry several decades earlier however, in the history of silicon photonics we see one key difference: for electronic Integrated circuit design, reductions in process node geometry have generally always contributed to advancing the goals of the product, leading to a conclusion that smaller is better. In contrast, for silicon photonics, reducing process geometries have introduced complexities that can inversely impact manufacturability, optical power efficiency and fiber-optic packaging. As microelectronics races to progressively smaller nodes the industry faces a question: what makes for a leading photonics platform? Perhaps bigger is better!

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Andrew G. Rickman "Silicon Photonics: Bigger is Better", Proc. SPIE 10537, Silicon Photonics XIII, 1053702 (21 November 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2302546

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