Design, fabricate, and test a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) using silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technology. Modelling and design of optical components.
Course Outline
This is a 6 credit graduate full year course.
This can be integrated with your research, or as a stand-alone learning opportunity.
Several weeks of case-study instruction.
Design and modelling: done on your own, with access to software tools provided. On-line on-line tutorials & on-line discussions, design feedback (Fall).
Testing & model validation: at UBC, CMC, or your own lab.
Technology Description
Silicon-on-insulator, 220nm top Si film, 2000nm buried oxide (BOX)
193nm deep UV lithography, enabling features down to ~120 nm
Supports design and fabrication of a range of PICs including:
photonic crystals
waveguides (photonic crystal or ridge)
gratings for fiber coupling
multiplexers (diffraction or arrayed waveguide)
ring resonators
filters
Target applications include optical communications, sensors, and biomedical devices
