Automated design of photonic devices

Automated design of photonic devices
Author: Alexander Yukio Piggott
Publisher: Alexander Yukio Piggott
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2018-06-30
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

Integrated photonic devices are poised to play a key role in a wide variety of applications, ranging from optical interconnects and sensors to quantum computing. Design methods for photonics, however, lag far behind other areas such as digital electronics and aerospace vehicles. Photonic devices are largely designed by hand using a combination of semi-analytic theory and brute-force parameter sweeps, and as a result only a small library of devices is currently known. In this dissertion, I discuss our recent efforts to automate the design of photonic devices. In particular, we have developed an automated design method that explores the full design space of fabricable devices. This has allowed us to design devices with previously unattainable functionalities, performance, fabrication robustness, and compact footprints. Using this method, we designed, fabricated, and experimentally demonstrated a wide variety of passive silicon photonics devices. These include a wavelength splitting grating coupler, compact waveguide-coupled wavelength splitters, and a 3-way power splitter. The design methods we have introduced have the potential to both revolutionize the integrated photonics industry, and open new avenues of research for photonics.

Silicon Photonics for High-Performance Computing and Beyond

Silicon Photonics for High-Performance Computing and Beyond
Author: Mahdi Nikdast
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 408
Release: 2021-11-17
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1000480119

Silicon photonics is beginning to play an important role in driving innovations in communication and computation for an increasing number of applications, from health care and biomedical sensors to autonomous driving, datacenter networking, and security. In recent years, there has been a significant amount of effort in industry and academia to innovate, design, develop, analyze, optimize, and fabricate systems employing silicon photonics, shaping the future of not only Datacom and telecom technology but also high-performance computing and emerging computing paradigms, such as optical computing and artificial intelligence. Different from existing books in this area, Silicon Photonics for High-Performance Computing and Beyond presents a comprehensive overview of the current state-of-the-art technology and research achievements in applying silicon photonics for communication and computation. It focuses on various design, development, and integration challenges, reviews the latest advances spanning materials, devices, circuits, systems, and applications. Technical topics discussed in the book include: • Requirements and the latest advances in high-performance computing systems • Device- and system-level challenges and latest improvements to deploy silicon photonics in computing systems • Novel design solutions and design automation techniques for silicon photonic integrated circuits • Novel materials, devices, and photonic integrated circuits on silicon • Emerging computing technologies and applications based on silicon photonics Silicon Photonics for High-Performance Computing and Beyond presents a compilation of 19 outstanding contributions from academic and industry pioneers in the field. The selected contributions present insightful discussions and innovative approaches to understand current and future bottlenecks in high-performance computing systems and traditional computing platforms, and the promise of silicon photonics to address those challenges. It is ideal for researchers and engineers working in the photonics, electrical, and computer engineering industries as well as academic researchers and graduate students (M.S. and Ph.D.) in computer science and engineering, electronic and electrical engineering, applied physics, photonics, and optics.

Silicon Photonics Design

Silicon Photonics Design
Author: Lukas Chrostowski
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 439
Release: 2015-03-12
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1107085454

This hands-on introduction to silicon photonics engineering equips students with everything they need to begin creating foundry-ready designs.

Silicon Photonics III

Silicon Photonics III
Author: Lorenzo Pavesi
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 540
Release: 2016-01-08
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3642105033

This book is volume III of a series of books on silicon photonics. It reports on the development of fully integrated systems where many different photonics component are integrated together to build complex circuits. This is the demonstration of the fully potentiality of silicon photonics. It contains a number of chapters written by engineers and scientists of the main companies, research centers and universities active in the field. It can be of use for all those persons interested to know the potentialities and the recent applications of silicon photonics both in microelectronics, telecommunication and consumer electronics market.

Integrated Photonics for Data Communication Applications

Integrated Photonics for Data Communication Applications
Author: Madeleine Glick
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 523
Release: 2023-07-26
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 032391831X

Integrated Photonics for Data Communications Applications reviews the key concepts, design principles, performance metrics and manufacturing processes from advanced photonic devices to integrated photonic circuits. The book presents an overview of the trends and commercial needs of data communication in data centers and high-performance computing, with contributions from end users presenting key performance indicators. In addition, the fundamental building blocks are reviewed, along with the devices (lasers, modulators, photodetectors and passive devices) that are the individual elements that make up the photonic circuits. These chapters include an overview of device structure and design principles and their impact on performance. Following sections focus on putting these devices together to design and fabricate application-specific photonic integrated circuits to meet performance requirements, along with key areas and challenges critical to the commercial manufacturing of photonic integrated circuits and the supply chains being developed to support innovation and market integration are discussed. This series is led by Dr. Lionel Kimerling Executive at AIM Photonics Academy and Thomas Lord Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT and Dr. Sajan Saini Education Director at AIM Photonics Academy at MIT. Each edited volume features thought-leaders from academia and industry in the four application area fronts (data communications, high-speed wireless, smart sensing, and imaging) and addresses the latest advances. - Includes contributions from leading experts and end-users across academia and industry working on the most exciting research directions of integrated photonics for data communications applications - Provides an overview of data communication-specific integrated photonics starting from fundamental building block devices to photonic integrated circuits to manufacturing tools and processes - Presents key performance metrics, design principles, performance impact of manufacturing variations and operating conditions, as well as pivotal performance benchmarks

Silicon Photonics Design

Silicon Photonics Design
Author: Lukas Chrostowski
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 439
Release: 2015-03-12
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1316240894

From design and simulation through to testing and fabrication, this hands-on introduction to silicon photonics engineering equips students with everything they need to begin creating foundry-ready designs. In-depth discussion of real-world issues and fabrication challenges ensures that students are fully equipped for careers in industry. Step-by-step tutorials, straightforward examples, and illustrative source code fragments guide students through every aspect of the design process, providing a practical framework for developing and refining key skills. Offering industry-ready expertise, the text supports existing PDKs for CMOS UV-lithography foundry services (OpSIS, ePIXfab, imec, LETI, IME and CMC) and the development of new kits for proprietary processes and clean-room based research. Accompanied by additional online resources to support students, this is the perfect learning package for senior undergraduate and graduate students studying silicon photonics design, and academic and industrial researchers involved in the development and manufacture of new silicon photonics systems.

Neuromorphic Photonic Devices and Applications

Neuromorphic Photonic Devices and Applications
Author: Min Gu
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 415
Release: 2023-12-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0323972608

Neuromorphic Photonic Devices and Applications synthesizes the most critical advances in photonic neuromorphic models, photonic material platforms and accelerators for neuromorphic computing. The book discusses fields and applications that can leverage these new platforms. A brief review of the historical development of the field is followed by a discussion of the emerging 2D photonic materials platforms and recent work in implementing neuromorphic models and 3D neuromorphic systems. The application of artificial intelligence (AI), such as neuromorphic models to inverse design neuromorphic materials and devices and predict performance challenges is discussed throughout. Finally, a comprehensive overview of the applications of neuromorphic photonic technologies and the challenges, opportunities and future prospects is discussed, making the book suitable for researchers and practitioners in academia and R&D in the multidisciplinary field of photonics. - Includes overview of primary scientific concepts for the research topic of neuromorphic photonics such as neurons as computational units, artificial intelligence, machine learning and neuromorphic models - Reviews the latest advances in photonic materials, device platforms and enabling technology drivers of neuromorphic photonics - Discusses potential applications in computing and optical communications

Explaining the Future

Explaining the Future
Author: Sunny Bains
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 211
Release: 2019-02-14
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0192555553

Will this new technology work to solve the problem its inventors claim it will? Is it likely to succeed? What is the right technical solution for a particular problem? Can we narrow down the options before we invest in development? How do we persuade our colleagues, investors, clients, or readers of our technical reasoning? Whether you're a researcher, a consultant, a venture capitalist, or a technology officer, you may need to be able to answer these questions systematically and with clarity. Most people learn these skills through years of experience. However, they are so basic to a high-level technical career that they should be made explicit and learned up front. Bains provides you with the tools you need to think through how to match new (and old) technologies, materials, and processes with applications. It starts with key questions to ask, goes through the resources you'll need to answer them, and helps you think through who is most (and least) likely to deserve your trust. Next, it talks you through analyzing the information you've gathered in a systematic way. The book includes chapters on audience (and how to tailor your explanation to them), how to make a persuasive and structured technical argument, and how to write this up in a way that is credible and easy to follow. Finally, the book includes a case study: a real worked example that goes from an idea through the twists and turns of the research and analysis process to a final report.