OpSIS Silicon Photonics
Sub-System Design workshop
This workshop will introduce you to Silicon Photonics and Optoelectronic Systems Integration in Silicon (OpSIS) – truly a breakthrough that holds huge promise for fabricating complex systems with affordable and reliable computer chips, allowing the movement of information using light as well as electricity. This workshop will be an in-depth, hands-on introduction to photonics design using OpSIS design kits. The objective is to train people to the point where they're able to do independent designs of photonic circuits, and interact successfully with OpSIS to build their own chips using the OpSIS-IME process. Workshop case-study: We will design an optical link consisting two chips, each being an 8 channel WDM transmitter/receiver using ring modulators, grating/edge couplers, Ge detectors, ring demultiplexers (or CDCs), and an external comb laser or a laser array. Thermal tuning will be used in transmit and receive ring resonators. The system will target 10-20 Gb/s modulation.
Dates and Location
Feb. 18th – February 22nd, 2013 – 9:00–5:00 daily , Location: Holiday Inn Express, 1350 N. Fourth Street San Jose, CA 95112. Please see the section for accomodations near the bottom of this page.
Cost
$3,000 USD per person Academic (full-time faculty or student) discounted rate: $1,000 per person. Given our limited seating capacity (half the size of our previous workshops), we will offer this discounted rate on a space available basis. Space is limited. To secure your place click here to register now.
Target Audience:
Engineers and scientists in the semiconductor industry and anyone involved in research and manufacturing of silicon chips and design of complex optoelectronic systems.
Requirements
- An NDA is required for access to the OpSIS-IME design kit.
- Computer, one of the following options:
- Provided – Desktop computer, pre-loaded with necessary software; available on a first-come first-served basis
- Your own – Laptop computer (platform: Linux, OSX, Windows)
- Register, download and install the trial versions of Lumerical MODE, FDTD, DEVICE, INTERCONNECT from https://www.lumerical.com
- Other software will be available on-site via remote desktop using NX
- Download and install KLayout GDS editor https://www.klayout.de/
- Basic familiarity with Linux terminal commands such as ls, cd, cp, ssh
- Prior to workshop, completion of the following webinar tutorials:
Hotel Accomodations
Attendees are responsible to secure and pay for their own accommodations. Please click here for a list of nearby hotels.
Registration includes
- Workshop instruction
- Access to Mentor Graphics Pyxis and Calibre
- Software licenses for Lumerical's FDTD Solutions, MODE Solutions, DEVICE and INTERCONNECT
- Click here to register
