Integrated CMOS Photonics: Energy-Efficient Monolithic CMOS Photonic Networks for Manycore Processors

This project is investigating the integration of photonics in standard CMOS processes. Multi-processor machines have become the norm, and the demand for high-bandwidth data links is increasing. On-chip photonic systems have the potential to greatly increase link efficiency. We are developing methods to integrate this exciting new technology from the transistor and circuit level through to the system architecture level.