IMOS integrated photonics for free-space sensing and communications

Photonic integration in a thin InP membrane can offer optical antennas and interferometers monolithically integrated with lasers and detectors. Such approach, with high density and scalability, has shown high potential for applications of free-space sensing and communications.</p

III-V-on-silicon photonic devices for optical communication and sensing

In the paper, we review our work on heterogeneous III-V-on-silicon photonic components and circuits for applications in optical communication and sensing. We elaborate on the integration strategy and describe a broad range of devices realized on this platform covering a wavelength range from 850 nm to 3.85 μm

43 Gb/s NRZ-OOK direct modulation of a heterogeneously integrated InP/Si DFB laser

We discuss howInP membrane laser diodes, heterogeneously integrated on SOI can be designed for high speed operation and how one can take advantage of the heterogeneous integration. This is illustrated with several static and dynamic characteristics of fabricated 1550 nm lasers. We show nonreturn to zero on-off keying at 43 Gb/s and report link experiments over 2 km

An introduction to InP-based generic integration technology

Photonic integrated circuits (PICs) are considered as the way to make photonic systems or subsystems cheap and ubiquitous. PICs still are several orders of magnitude more expensive than their microelectronic counterparts, which has restricted their application to a few niche markets. Recently, a novel approach in photonic integration is emerging which will reduce the R&D and prototyping costs and the throughput time of PICs by more than an order of magnitude. It will bring the application of PICs that integrate complex and advanced photonic functionality on a single chip within reach for a large number of small and larger companies and initiate a breakthrough in the application of Photonic ICs. The paper explains the concept of generic photonic integration technology using the technology developed by the COBRA research institute of TU Eindhoven as an example, and it describes the current status and prospects of generic InP-based integration technology