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ICT: SOFI

Full Name: Silicon-Organic hybrid Fabrication platform for Integrated circuits

Duration: 1/1/2010-30/6/2013 (Finished)

Partners:

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
IMEC
AIT
Selex-Si
Rainbow Photonics
GigOptix

Objective:

Demonstrate Silicon-Organic Hybrid modulators based on slot waveguides infiltrated with electro-optic polymers or other nonlinear materials.

INTEC's Role:

Deign
Fabrication of the devices in IMEC's silicon photonics technology

Project Web site: http://www.sofi-ict.eu

People involved

Research topics involved

Publications in the framework of this project (36)

International Journals

M. Lauermann, C. Weimann, A. Knopf, W. Heni, R. Palmer, D.L. Elder, W. Bogaerts, J. Leuthold, L.R. Dalton, C. Rembe, W. Freude, C. Koos, Integrated optical frequency shifter in silicon-organic hybrid (SOH) technology, Optics Express, 24(11), p.11694-11707 doi:10.1364/OE.24.011694 (2016) .
C. Koos, J. Leuthold, W. Freude, M. Kohl, L.R. Dalton, W. Bogaerts, A.L. Giesecke, M. Lauermann, A. Melikyan, S. Koeber, S. Wolf, C. Weimann, S. Muehlbrandt, K. Koehnle, J. Pfeifle, W. Hartmann, Y. Kutuvantavida, S. Ummethala, R. Palmer, D. Korn, L. Alloatti, P.C. Schindler, D.L. Elder, T. Wahlbrink, J. Bolten, Silicon-Organic Hybrid (SOH) and Plasmonic-Organic Hybrid (POH) Integration, Journal of Lightwave Technology (invited), 34(2), p.256-268 doi:10.1109/JLT.2015.2499763 (2016) .
S. Wolf, M. Lauermann, P.C. Schindler, G. Ronniger, K. Geistert, R. Palmer, S. Koeber, W. Bogaerts, J. Leuthold, W. Freude, C. Koos, DAC-Less Amplifier-Less Generation and Transmission of QAM Signals Using Sub-Volt Silicon-Organic Hybrid Modulators, Journal of Lightwave Technology, 33(7), p.1425 - 1432 doi:10.1109/JLT.2015.2394511 (2015) .
S. Koeber, R. Palmer, M. Lauermann, W. Heni, D.L. Elder, D. Korn, M. Woessner, L. Alloatti, S. Koenig, P.C. Schindler, H. Yu, W. Bogaerts, L.R. Dalton, W. Freude, J. Leuthold, C. Koos, Femtojoule Electro-Optic Modulation Using a Silicon-Organic Hybrid Device, Light: Science and Applications, 4, p.e255 doi:10.1038/lsa.2015.28 (2015).
G. Morthier, T. Spuesens, P. Mechet, G. Roelkens, D. Van Thourhout, InP microdisk lasers integrated on Si for Optical Interconnects, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics (invited), 21(6), United States, p.1500610 doi:10.1109/JSTQE.2014.2376697 (2015) .
R. Palmer, S. Koeber, D.L. Elder, M. Woessner, W. Heni, D. Korn, M. Lauermann, W. Bogaerts, L.R. Dalton, W. Freude, J. Leuthold, C. Koos, High-Speed, Low Drive-Voltage Silicon-Organic Hybrid Modulator based on a Binary-Chromophore Electro-Optic Material, J. Lightwave Technol. (invited), 32(16), p.2726 - 2734 doi:10.1109/JLT.2014.2321498 (2014) .
D. Korn, M. Jazbinsek, R. Palmer, M. Baier, L. Alloatti, H. Yu, W. Bogaerts, G. Lepage, P. Verheyen, P. Absil, P. Guenther, C. Koos, W. Freude, J. Leuthold, Electro-Optic Organic Crystal Silicon High-Speed Modulator, IEEE Photonics Journal, doi:10.1109/JPHOT.2014.2314113 (2014) .
J. Leuthold, C. Koos, W. Freude, L. Alloati, R. Palmer, D. Korn, J. Pfeifle, M. Lauermann, R. Dinu, S. Wehrli, M. Jazbinsek, P. Gunter, M. Waldow, T. Wahlbrink, J. Bolten, J.-M. Fedeli, H. Yu, W. Bogaerts, Silicon-Organic Hybrid Electro-Optical Devices, IEEE Journal of Selected topics in Quantum Electronics (invited), 19(6), p.3401413 doi:10.1109/JSTQE.2013.2271846 (2013) .
R. Palmer, L. Alloati, D. Korn, P.C. Schindler, R. Schmogrow, W. Heni, S. Koenig, J. Bolten, T. Wahlbrink, M. Waldow, H. Yu, W. Bogaerts, P. Verheyen, G. Lepage, M. Pantouvaki, J. Van Campenhout, P. Absil, R. Dinu, W. Freude, C. Koos, J. Leuthold, Silicon-Organic Hybrid MZI Modulator Generating OOK, BPSK and 8-ASK Signals for up to 84 Gbit/s, Photonics Journal, 5(2), p.6600907 doi:10.1109/JPHOT.2013.2258142 (2013) .
H. Yu, D. Korn, M. Pautouvaki, J. Van Campenhout, K. Komorowska, P. Verheyen, G. Lepage, P. Absil, D. Hillerkuss, J. Leuthold, R. Baets, W. Bogaerts, Using carrier-depletion silicon modulators for optical power monitoring , Optics letters, doi:10.1364/ol.37.004681 (2012) .
L. Alloatti, D. Korn, R. Palmer, D. Hillerkuss, J. Li, A. Barklund, R. Dinu, J. Wieland, R. Fournier, J.-M. Fedeli, H. Yu, W. Bogaerts, P. Dumon, R. Baets, C. Koos, W. Freude, J. Leuthold, 42.7 Gbit/s electro-optic modulator in silicon technology, Optics Express, 19(12), p.11841-11851 doi:10.1364/OE.19.011841 (2011) .

International Conferences

C. Koos, W. Freude, J. Leuthold, M. Kohl, L.R. Dalton, W. Bogaerts, M. Lauermann, A. Melikyan, S. Wolf, C. Weimann, S. Meuhlbrandt, J. Pfeifle, S. Koeber, R. Palmer, P.C. Schindler, D.L. Elder, Silicon-organic (SOH) and plasmonic-organic (POH) hybrid integration: Extending the capabilities of silicon photonics and plasmonics, 20th OptoElectronics and Communications Conference (OECC (invited), China, p.JTuE.34 doi:10.1109/oecc.2015.7340230 (2015) .
S. Wolf, P.C. Schindler, G. Ronniger, M. Lauermann, R. Palmer, S. Koeber, D. Korn, W. Bogaerts, J. Leuthold, W. Freude, C. Koos, 10 GBd SOH Modulator Directly Driven by an FPGA without Electrical Amplification, European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC), France, p.Mo 4.5.4 doi:10.1109/ecoc.2014.6963899 (2014) .
P.C. Schindler, M. Lauermann, S. Wolf, D. Korn, R. Palmer, S. Koeber, W. Heni, A. Ludwig, S. Schmogrow, D.L. Elder, L.R. Dalton, W. Bogaerts, H. Yu, W. Freude, J. Leuthold, C. Koos, Ultra-Short Silicon-Organic Hybrid (SOH) Modulator for Bidirectional Polarization-Independent Operation, European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC), France, p.Mo.4.5.5 doi:10.1109/ecoc.2014.6964098 (2014) .
S. Wolf, M. Lauermann, G. Ronniger, P.C. Schindler, R. Palmer, S. Koeber, W. Bogaerts, J. Leuthold, W. Freude, C. Koos, DAC-Less and Amplifier-Less Generation and Transmission of 16QAM Signals Using a Sub-Volt Silicon Photonic Modulator, European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC), France, p.PD 4.5 doi:10.1109/ecoc.2014.6964272 (2014) .
R. Palmer, S. Koeber, M. Woessner, W. Heni, D.L. Elder, D. Korn, C. Weimann, P.C. Schindler, D. Bekele, L. Alloatti, W. Bogaerts, L.R. Dalton, J. Leuthold, W. Freude, C. Koos, Progress in Silicon-Organic Hybrid (SOH) Integration, Group IV Photonics, France, p.110-111 doi:10.1109/group4.2014.6961951 (2014) .
Y. Xing, T. Ako, J. George, D. Korn, H. Yu, P. Verheyen, M. Pantouvaki, G. Lepage, P. Absil, C. Koos, J. Leuthold, J. Beeckman, W. Bogaerts, Direct Digital Control of an Efficient Silicon+Liquid Crystal Phase Shifter, 11th International Conference on Group IV Photonics (GFP), France, p.43-44 doi:10.1109/group4.2014.6962029 (2014) .
R. Palmer, S. Koeber, M. Woessner, D.L. Elder, W. Heni, D. Korn, H. Yu, M. Lauermann, W. Bogaerts, L.R. Dalton, W. Freude, J. Leuthold, C. Koos, High-Speed Silicon-Organic Hybrid (SOH) Modulators with 230 pm/V Electro-Optic Coefficient Using Advanced Materials, Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC 2014), United States, p.M3G.4 doi:10.1364/ofc.2014.m3g.4 (2014) .
M. Lauermann, C. Weimann, A. Knopf, D.L. Elder, W. Heni, R. Palmer, D. Korn, P.C. Schindler, S. Koeber, L. Alloatti, H. Yu, W. Bogaerts, L.R. Dalton, C. Rembe, J. Leuthold, W. Freude, C. Koos, Integrated Silicon-Organic Hybrid (SOH) Frequency Shifter, Optical Fiber Communications Conference (OFC 2014), United States, p.Tu2A.1 doi:10.1364/ofc.2014.tu2a.1 (2014) .
C. Weimann, P.C. Schindler, D. Bekele, R. Palmer, D. Korn, J. Pfeifle, S. Koeber, R. Schmogrow, L. Alloatti, D.L. Elder, H. Yu, W. Bogaerts, L.R. Dalton, W. Freude, J. Leuthold, C. Koos, Data Transmission at Terabit/s Data Rates Using Silicon-Organic Hybrid (SOH) Frequency Combs, Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC 2014), United States, p.Th4I.2 doi:10.1364/ofc.2014.th4i.2 (2014) .
W. Freude, L. Alloatti, D. Korn, M. Lauermann, A. Melikyan, R. Palmer, J. Pfeifle, P.C. Schindler, C. Weimann, R. Dinu, J. Bolten, T. Wahlbrink, M. Waldow, S. Walheim, P.M. Leufke, S. Ulrich, J. Ye, P. Vincze, H. Hahn, H. Yu, W. Bogaerts, V. Brasch, T. Herr, R. holzwarth, K. Hartinger, C. Stamatiadic, M. O'Keefe, L. Stampoulidis, L. Zimmermann, R. Baets, T. Schimmel, I. Tomkos, K. Petermann, T. Kippenberg, C. Koos, J. Leuthold, Nonlinear Nano-Photonics, Fronties in Optics (invited), United States, p.FTu4C.6 (2013) .
L. Alloati, D. Korn, J. Pfeifle, R. Palmer, S. Koeber, M. Baier, R. Schmogrow, S. Diebold, P. Dahl, T. Zwick, H. Yu, W. Bogaerts, R. Baets, M. Fournier, J.-M. Fedeli, R. Dinu, C. Koos, W. Freude, J. Leuthold, Silicon-Organic Hybrid Devices, SPIE Photonics West Conference - Silicon Photonics VIII (invited), 8629, United States, p.86290P doi:10.1117/12.2005866 (2013) .
D. Korn, H. Yu, D. Hillerkuss, L. Alloatti, C. Mattern, K. Komorowska, W. Bogaerts, R. Baets, J. Van Campenhout, P. Verheyen, J. Wouters, M. Moelants, P. Absil, C. Koos, W. Freude, J. Leuthold, Detection or Modulation at 35 Gbit/s with a standard CMOS-processed optical waveguide, the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 2012, p.CTu1A.1 doi:10.1364/cleo_si.2012.ctu1a.1 (2012) .
D. Korn, L. Alloati, M. Lauermann, J. Pfeifle, R. Palmer, P.C. Schindler, W. Freude, C. Koos, J. Leuthold, H. Yu, W. Bogaerts, K. Komorowska, R. Baets, J. Van Campenhout, P. Verheyen, J. Wouters, M. Moelants, P. Absil, A. Secchi, M. Dispenza, M. Jazbinsek, P. Gunter, S. Wehrli, M. Bossard, P. Zakynthinos, I. Tomkos, Silicon-Organic Hybrid Fabrication Platform for Integrated Circuits, ICTON 2012 (invited), United Kingdom, p.paper Th.A5.5 (2012) .
H. Yu, W. Bogaerts, K. Komorowska, R. Baets, Korn dietmar, Alloatti Luca, Hillerkuss David, Koos Christian, Freude Wolfgang, Leuthold Juerg, Van Campenhout Joris, Verheyen Peter, Wouters Johan, Moelants Myriam, Absil Philippe, Doping Geometries for 40G Carrier-Depletion-Based Silicon Optical Modulators, The Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC) and The National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC) 2012, United States, p. OW4F.4 doi:10.1364/ofc.2012.ow4f.4 (2012) .
H. Yu, W. Bogaerts, K. Komorowska, J. Van Campenhout, P. Verheyen, P. Absil, R. Baets, 12.5 Gbit/s carrier-depletion based silicon Mach-Zehnder modulator with a 2 V driven voltage, 16th Annual Symposium of the IEEE Photonics Benelux Chapter, Belgium, p.93-96 (2011) .
W. Bogaerts, S. Selvaraja, H. Yu, T. Spuesens, P. Mechet, S. Stankovic, S. Keyvaninia, J. Van Campenhout, P. Absil, G. Roelkens, D. Van Thourhout, R. Baets, A Silicon Photonics Platform with Heterogeneous III-V Integration, Integrated Photonics Research, Silicon and Nano-Photonics (IPR) (invited), Canada, p.IWC2 doi:10.1364/iprsn.2011.iwc2 (2011) .
C. Koos, L. Alloatti, D. Korn, R. Palmer, D. Hillerkuss, J. Li, A. Barklund, R. Dinu, J. Wieland, M. Fournier, J.-M. Fedeli, H. Yu, W. Bogaerts, P. Dumon, R. Baets, W. Freude, J. Leuthold, Silicon-Organic Hybrid (SOH) Electro-Optical Devices, Integrated Photonics Research, Silicon and Nano-Photonics (IPR) (invited), Canada, p.IWF1 doi:10.1364/iprsn.2011.iwf1 (2011) .
W. Bogaerts, P. Absil, D. Van Thourhout, J. Van Campenhout, S. Selvaraja, P. Dumon, H. Yu, A. Masood, G. Roelkens, R. Baets, Optical Interconnect Technologies based on Silicon Photonics, MRS Spring 2011 (invited), United States, p.O10.1 (2011) .
C. Koos, L. Alloati, D. Korn, R. Palmer, T. Valliatis, R. Bonk, D. Hillerkuss, J. Li, W. Bogaerts, P. Dumon, R. Baets, M.L. Scimeca, I. Biaggio, A. Bjarklund, R. Dinu, J. Wieland, M. Fournier, J.M. Fedeli, W. Freude, J. Leuthold, Silicon nanophotonics and silicon-organic hybrid (SOH) integration, Gerneral Assembly and Scientific Symposium, 2011 XXXth URSI , Turkey, doi:10.1109/URSIGASS.2011.6050595 (2010).
W. Freude, L. Alloatti, T. Vallaitis, D. Korn, D. Hillerkuss, R. Bonk, R. Palmer, J. Li, T. Schellinger, M. Fournier, J. Fedeli, W. Bogaerts, P. Dumon, R. Baets, A. Barklund, R. Dinu, J. Wieland, M.L. Scimeca, I. Biaggio, B. Breiten, F. Diederich, C. Koos, J. Leuthold, High-speed signal processing with silicon-organic hybrid devices, EOS Annual Meeting 2010 (EOSAM 2010) (invited), France, p.paper 3601 (2010) .
L. Alloatti, D. Korn, D. Hillerkuss, T. Vallaitis, J. Li, R. Bonk, R. Palmer, T. Schellinger, A. Barklund, R. Dinu, J. Wieland, M. Fournier, J. Fedeli, P. Dumon, R. Baets, C. Koos, W. Freude, J. Leuthold, 40 Gbit/s silicon-organic hybrid (SOH) phase modulator, 36th European Conference and exhibition on Optical Communication, Italy, p.paper Tu.5.C.4 doi:10.1109/ecoc.2010.5621210 (2010) .
L. Alliotti , D. Korn, D. Hillerkuss , T. Vallaitis , J. Li, R. Bonk , R. Palmer , T. Schellinger , C. Koos , W. Freude, J. Leuthold , A. Barklun , R. Dinu , J. Wieland , J. Fournier , J. Fedeli, W. Bogaerts, P. Dumon, R. Baets, Silicon high-speed electro-optic modulator, 7th IEEE International Conference on Group IV Photonics, China, p.195-197 (ThC2) (2010) .
J. Leuthold, C. Koos, W. Freude, T. Vallaitis, L. Alloatti, D. Korn, P. Dumon, W. Bogaerts, R. Baets, I. Biaggio, F. Diederich, Signal processing with silicon-organic hybrid waveguides, Integrated Photonics Research, Silicon and Nano Photonics (IPR), Photonics in Switching (PS), United States, p.IWC1.pdf (3 pages) doi:10.1364/iprsn.2010.iwc1 (2010) .
W. Freude, J. Leuthold, L. Aolloatti, T. Vallaitis, P. Dumon, R. Baets, B. Breiten, F. Diederich, J.-M. Brosi, M.L. Scimeca, I. Biaggio, A. Barklund, R. Dinu, J. Wieland, 100 Gbit/s electro-optic modulator and 56 Gbits/s wavelength converter for DQPSK data in silicon-organic hybrid (SOH) technology, 2010 IEEE Photonics Society Summer Topicals (invited), Mexico, p.96-97 doi:10.1109/phosst.2010.5553664 (2010) .
T. Vallaitis, R. Bonk, J. Guetlein, D. Hillerkuss, J. Li, W. Freude, J. Leuthold, C. Koos, M.L. Scimeca , I. Biaggio, F. Diederich, B. Breiten, P. Dumon, R. Baets, All-optical wavelength conversion of 56 Gbit/s NRZ-DQPSK signals in silicon-organic hybrid strip waveguides, The Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC) and The National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC) 2010, United States, p.OTuN1 doi:10.1364/ofc.2010.otun1 (2010) .