Monolithically Integrated Silicon Nanophotonics Receiver in 90nm CMOS Technology Node

• DOI: 10.1364/ofc.2013.om2h.4
• Publication Date: 2013-04-04T22:06:40Z
• Authors: Solomon Assefa; Huapu Pan; Steven Shank; William M. J. Green; Alexander Rylyakov; Clint Schow; Marwan Khater; Swetha Kamlapurkar; Edward Kiewra; Carol Reinholm; Teya Topuria; Philip Rice; Christian Baks; Yurii Vlasov
• Keywords: 0211 other engineering and technologies; 02 engineering and technology; 7. Clean energy

A monolithically-integrated germanium receiver is fabricated in the IBM's newly established 90nm CMOS-integrated nanophotonics technology node. Technology is promising for cost-effective 10Gbps to 28Gbps optical communications links operating within extended temperature range up to 95°C.