Advanced Photonic Switch (APS)
Abstract
The Advanced Photonic Switch (APS) program developed a technology for creating on-chip, photonic switching devices that can be fabricated in a silicon-compatible process. Most high performance photonic switching devices are fabricated with compound semiconductors, but silicon manufacturing technologies now offer potential advantages due to the great precision being driven by commercial mainstream markets for microelectronics. This program pursued advanced technologies that take full advantage of those commercial capabilities to produce photonic devices that maximize switching speed, minimize device power dissipation and transmission losses, small area, and decreased sensitivity to ambient temperature variations. This technology transitioned via industry.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2012
- Source ID
- e263a3706b3333e1ba587f61433cb908