Light propagation control of vetrically curved silicon wire waveguide

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K13983
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Electron device/Electronic equipment
• Research Institution: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
• Principal Investigator: Yoshida Tomoya 国立研究開発法人産業技術総合研究所, 電子光技術研究部門, 主任研究員 (80462844)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: シリコンフォトニクス / 光ファイバ / 光結合

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Recently, the importance of optical interconnection has been increasing even in short distance data link within data centers, due to an increase in the amount of information communication. In order to realize high density optical interconnection in the data centers, silicon photonics technology for realizing submicron size optical interconnection is indispensable, but on the other hand, connection with optical fibers is a problem. In this research, in order to overcome the problems of optical interconnection such as silicon photonics and optical fiber, we have developed innovative technology that expands silicon photonics technology and enables high efficiency input / output of light from silicon optical circuit to wafer surface, and have succeeded in demonstrating a technique for realizing high efficiency optical coupling in a wide wavelength range.

Free Research Field

シリコンフォトニクス