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We demonstrate 100-Gbps silicon-contacted germanium waveguide p-i-n photodetectors integrated on imec's silicon photonics platform. The performance of 14 and 20 μm long devices is compared. The responsivity of the devices is 0.74 and 0.92 A/W at 1550 nm, respectively. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Short-range parallel optical interconnect between integrated circuits can alleviate bandwidth, power, and packaging density issues that are associated with low-latency high-bandwidth input-output over electrical interconnect. In this paper, we evaluate the option of using true source-synchronous signaling over optical interconnect with a large number of channels, reducing the substantial per-channel clock synchronization circuitry to one instance. We also look into dc-unbalanced signaling to remove the need for data coding. Uniformity across channels is key to the feasibility of such an approach. An actual 64-channel parallel optical interconnect setup at 1.25 Gb/s/channel is examined, and models for the performance and uniformity of the different constituent parts of the interconnect are drawn up. Major attention is given to the statistical modeling of the coupling efficiency between a vertical cavity surface emitting laser array and a multifiber connector. Although derived in the context of a uniformity study, the stochastic models and the modeling approach are valuable in their own right. In our case study, the usage of a common logic threshold across all channels, which is required for dc-unbalanced signaling, appears infeasible after all models are combined. Efficient true source-synchronous signaling turns out to be within reach in carefully designed systems. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

We have performed a numerical and experimental analysis of the thermal behavior of electrically injected microdisk lasers that are defined in an InGaAsP-based thin film bonded on top of a silicon wafer. Both the turn-on as well as the pulsed-regime temperature evolution in the lasing region was simulated using the finite-element method. The simulation results are in good agreement with experimental data, which was extracted from the broadening of the time-averaged emission spectra. Lasing at room temperature was only possible in pulsed regime due to the high thermal resistance (10 K/mW). Some strategies to decrease the thermal resistance of the microdisk lasers are proposed and discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

High-index-contrast, wavelength-scale structures are key to ultracompact integration of photonic integrated circuits. The fabrication of these nanophotonic structures in silicon-on-insulator using complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor processing techniques, including deep ultraviolet lithography, was studied. It is concluded that this technology is capable of commercially manufacturing nanophotonic integrated circuits. The possibilities of photonic wires and photonic-crystal waveguides for photonic integration are compared. It is shown that, with similar fabrication techniques, photonic wires perform at least an order of magnitude better than photonic-crystal waveguides with respect to propagation losses. Measurements indicate propagation losses as low as 0.24 dB/mm for photonic wires but 7.5 dB/mm for photonic-crystal waveguides. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]