Challenges and advances of photonic integrated circuits

Hélène Debrégeas-Sillard; Christophe Kazmierski

doi:10.1016/j.crhy.2008.10.004

Challenges and advances of photonic integrated circuits

Hélène Debrégeas-Sillard ¹ ; Christophe Kazmierski ¹

¹ Alcatel-Thales III-V Lab , Route de Nozay, 91460 Marcoussis, France

Comptes Rendus. Physique, Volume 9 (2008) no. 9-10, pp. 1055-1066.

Abstract
Résumé

The idea of Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs) appeared in the 1970s, had first achievements in the 1980s with, for example, a laser–modulator. However, recently, due to the demand for increasing bandwidth (100 Gb/s) at lower cost and consumption, and due to semiconductor optoelectronics processing maturity, extremely complex PICs have been developed and industrially produced. This dense integration is an important technological breakthrough, and has a strong impact on optical communication systems with for example cost-effective O/E/O nodes, or transmissions with new modulation formats. This article presents the technological challenges related to PICs, and the major realizations made, up to today.

L'idée des circuits photoniques intégrés (PICs) apparue dans les années 1970 a connu des premières réalisations à partir des années 1980 avec par exemple le premier laser – modulateur. Mais récemment, en raison d'une part de la demande pour des débits élevés (100 Gb/s) avec des coûts et une consommation toujours plus faibles, et d'autre part de la maturité des procédés de fabrication des composants optoélectroniques semi-conducteurs, des PICs extrêmement complexes sont développés, et produits industriellement. Cette intégration dense représente un saut technologique important, et a un fort impact sur les systèmes de communications optiques avec par exemple la possibilité de nouveaux formats de modulation, ou de nœuds optiques / électroniques / optiques à un coût abordable. Cet article présente les défis technologiques liés aux PICs, et les principales réalisations.

Published online: 2008-11-01

DOI: 10.1016/j.crhy.2008.10.004

Keywords: Photonic integrated circuit
Mot clés : Circuit photonique intégré

Author's affiliations:

Hélène Debrégeas-Sillard ¹; Christophe Kazmierski ¹

¹ Alcatel-Thales III-V Lab , Route de Nozay, 91460 Marcoussis, France

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Hélène Debrégeas-Sillard; Christophe Kazmierski. Challenges and advances of photonic integrated circuits. Comptes Rendus. Physique, Volume 9 (2008) no. 9-10, pp. 1055-1066. doi : 10.1016/j.crhy.2008.10.004. https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/physique/articles/10.1016/j.crhy.2008.10.004/

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