Silicon Photonics

This course explores the physical principles of integrated photonics, then illustrates their implementation through the fabrication and characterization of selected components. Finally, it considers the dense integration of such components in on-chip optical circuit architectures for datacenter applications, with a view to reducing their energy footprint. This course combines theory, electromagnetic simulation, cleanroom practical work and numerical modeling.

• Introduction to fundamental concepts and issues.
• Fabrication of waveguides using UV lithography.
• TP Characterization of the optical properties of integrated photonic structures.
• FDTD simulation of micro-ring resonator functions.
• Analysis of optical interconnections in datacenters, reconfigurable networks and optical servers.
• Synthesis: oral defense.