Grant: Alliance Grants
Université Laval
$200,000.00
Quantified and Corrected Photonic Integrated Circuits (QC-PIC)
FY 2024-25
Summary
Silicon photonic integrated circuits (PICs) use silicon-based materials and semiconductor fabrication processes developed for microelectronic chips to achieve faster communication channels. Future electronic-photonic co-integrated systems will comprise a massive number of parallel low-power optical channels to substantially increase the bandwidth and energy efficiency. Beyond communications, silicon PICs may also revolutionize the sensor technologies by enabling optical sensor systems on a chip. A major obstacle to scaling the complexity of a silicon PIC is its sensitivity to fabrication errors. This project is to develop scalable testing, analysis, and error correction technologies for design and manufacturing of silicon PICs and systems. Our research will enable new design and experimental tools to improve the yield of PICs and to enhance the overall photonic manufacturing efficiency while reducing waste and energy consumption.
Program
Alliance Grants
Recipient
Location
Quebec, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
590551-2023
Name nom
Shi, Wei W
Department département
Génie électrique et génie informatique
Organization id
51
Institution établissement
Université Laval
Province en
Québec
Province fr
Québec
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2024
Competition year année de concours
2023
Award amount
200000
Program id
ALLRP
Program name en
Alliance Grants
Program name fr
Subventions Alliance
Group en
RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS
Group fr
PARTENARIATS DE RECHERCHE
Committee code
96
Committee name en
RPP Internal Decision Cttee
Committee name fr
Cté de décision interne - PPR
Area of application code
500
Area of application group en
Manufacturing processes and products
Area of application group fr
Procédés et produits industriels
Area of application en
Manufacturing processes and products
Area of application fr
Procédés et produits industriels
Research subject code
2505
Research subject group en
Electrical and electronic engineering
Research subject group fr
Génie électrique et électronique
Research subject en
Photon devices
Research subject fr
Dispositifs photoniques
Field of research list names en
Not available
Field of research list names fr
Non disponible
Socioeconomic objective list names en
Not available
Socioeconomic objective list names fr
Non disponible
Application title
Quantified and Corrected Photonic Integrated Circuits (QC-PIC)
Keywords
data-driven methodology; fabrication error quantification; laser processing; optical polarimeter; optical spectral analyser; physics-informed machine learning; silicon photonics; wafer testing
Application summary
Silicon photonic integrated circuits (PICs) use silicon-based materials and semiconductor fabrication processes developed for microelectronic chips to achieve faster communication channels. Future electronic-photonic co-integrated systems will comprise a massive number of parallel low-power optical channels to substantially increase the bandwidth and energy efficiency. Beyond communications, silicon PICs may also revolutionize the sensor technologies by enabling optical sensor systems on a chip. A major obstacle to scaling the complexity of a silicon PIC is its sensitivity to fabrication errors. This project is to develop scalable testing, analysis, and error correction technologies for design and manufacturing of silicon PICs and systems. Our research will enable new design and experimental tools to improve the yield of PICs and to enhance the overall photonic manufacturing efficiency while reducing waste and energy consumption.
