Mid-InfraRed Integrated Optoelectronics on Silicon

The global acceleration of the information technology creates pressing needs for cost-effective broadband, high-density, and high-speed data interconnections for high-performance, energy-efficient signal processing and computing. This increasing demand will push the limits of the electrical interconnects by forcing the transmission distance to shrink, which limits architectures and exacerbates heat dissipation challenges as a result of forcing hot processors closer and closer together. Optical interconnections via silicon photonic platforms have recently been recognized as critical to overcome this technological bottleneck. One of the key components of silicon photonics is the integrated light source which serves as the electrical to optical converter. The on-chip light sources are crucial to achieve a higher integration density, higher scalability, and a better energy efficiency. However, the fact that Si is an indirect bandgap semiconductor and thus a poor light emitter has been a major hurdle facing the development of silicon photonics.

Faculty Supervisor:

Oussama Moutanabbir

Student:

Partner:

Two-Photon

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

École Polytechnique de Montréal; Polytechnique Montréal

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