Hybrid silicon photonics for optical interconnects

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 333-346

  Heck, Martijn J R ^a   Chen, Hui Wen ^a   Fang, Alexander W ^b   Koch, Brian R ^c   Liang, Di ^a   Park, Hyundai ^c   Sysak, Matthew N ^c   Bowers, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Aurrion LLC   (United States)

^c INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Integrated optoelectronics; optoelectronic devices; semiconductor lasers; silicon on insulator (SOI) technology

Indexed keywords

AT-WAVELENGTH; BAND GAPS; DEVICE FABRICATIONS; FULLY COMPATIBLE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGH-SPEED; HIGH-SPEED MODULATOR; HYBRID SILICON; INTERMIXING TECHNOLOGY; LOW THRESHOLDS; ON CHIPS; OPTICAL INTERCONNECT; PROCESS TECHNOLOGIES; QUANTUM WELL; SILICON ON INSULATOR WAFERS; SILICON-ON-INSULATOR (SOI) TECHNOLOGY;

ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; INTEGRATED OPTICS; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; INTEGRATION; LASERS; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTONIC DEVICES; PHOTONIC INTEGRATION TECHNOLOGY; QUANTUM WELL LASERS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY; WAFER BONDING;

SILICON WAFERS;

EID: 79954611500     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2010.2051798     Document Type: Article

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