Silicon Photonics Research  : Opportunity , applications &   Recent Results

Dr Mario Paniccia
Director Photonics Technology Lab
Intel Corporation

Silicon photonics especially that based upon silicon on insulator (SOI) has recently attracted a great deal of attention since it offers an opportunity for low cost opto-electronic solutions  for  applications ranging from telecommunications   down to  chip-to-chip interconnects.  The presentation will  give an overview of research being done at Intel in the area of Silicon Photonics including the recent breakthrough of a Silicon Raman laser .  In addition the presentation will discuss some of the practical issues and challenges with processing silicon photonic devices in a high volume CMOS manufacturing environment.