Photonics plays a critical role in driving innovation across the semiconductor industry. Optical data communication, imaging, military, aeronautics, lighting, displays, life sciences, health care, and security.
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PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
Advantages:
1. Immunity from electromagnetic interference (EMI)
2. Freedom from electrical short circuits or ground loops Safety in combustible environment
3. Security from monitoring Low-loss transmission
4. Large bandwidth (i.e. multiplexing capability)
5. Small size
6. light weight & Inexpensive
7. composed of plentiful materials
Integrate Photonics
Advantages:
1. Increased bandwidth
2. Expanded frequency (wavelength) division multiplexing
3. Low-loss couplers, including bus access types
4. Expanded multipole switching (number of poles, switching speed)
5. Smaller size, weight, lower power consumption
6. Batch fabrication economy
7. Improved reliability
8. Improved optical alignment, immunity to vibration
Examples of Photonic Integrated Circuits:
1. Monolithic integrated optical wavelength demultiplexer.
2. Monolithic integrated transmitter (laser) circuits
3. Monolithic integrated repeater chip
4. Hybrid integrated bistable optical device
5. Integrated distributed feedback (DFB) laser and modulator
6. Integrated tunable receiver
7. Integrated balanced heterodyne receiver
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