$LWLG Silicon Photonics, Silicon Organic Hybrids (
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Recent advancements in silicon technology have resulted in the integration of both optical and electronic components on a common substrate.
This technology is referred to as silicon photonics (SiP).
By combining SiP optical devices with eo-polymer modulators, it is possible to generate very high data rates (100 Gbps and greater) in an SOH structure.
Very preliminary results on SOH slot-waveguide modulator structures using LWL materials indicates modulation at rates >30Gbps that when put into a multichannel platform with for example 4 channels, 100Gbps (and beyond) opportunities can be enabled.
Advanced Telecom/Datacom Transceivers:
A goal of our development effort is to enable a Polymer PIC transceiver engine to address the datacenter/cloud computing/Web 2.0 markets.
This engine, which both transmits and receives data on single-mode fibers, has many applications in telecom networks and in and between datacenters as intra and inter rack interconnects.
- SteveS