CMC Microsystems – U of T – IEEE Photonics Society
Silicon Photonics: Tools and Technologies Available for R&D
Date: Monday, February 25, 2013
Time: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Place: Claude T. Bissell Building (140 St. George St.), Room 205, University of Toronto
Audience: Academic and industry researchers or R&D staff interested in learning about the silicon photonic technology and CMC services. Experience or expertise in integrated photonics is not required to attend.
Description: This free information session will introduce silicon integrated photonics to academic and industrial users, describe services available today (and tomorrow) to support your R&D activities, and provide perspectives on CMOS-photonic integration from microelectronics experts.
In the past few years, foundry services and multi-project wafer shuttles for the fabrication of active photonic devices and circuits in silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrates have become available. These services allow users from a wide variety of background in academia and industry to design and produce complex photonic devices at low costs. The foundry model facilitates access to advance micro-fabrication processes, interdisciplinary collaborations, and the development of new types of products. The silicon-on-insulator material platform can further enable monolithic integration with CMOS electronics or hybrid/3D integration with electronics and other technologies, such as microfluidics.
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