A passive alignment method offers an easy solution for fabricating integrated photonic circuits
Thursday, November 17, 2011 - 09:30
in Physics & Chemistry
The rise of computers in past decades was made possible largely thanks to the invention of the integrated circuit, a device that combines all necessary electronic components onto a single chip. In a similar vein, the success of optical computing is largely dependent on the possibility of integrating all essential optical components onto a single chip (photonic circuit). Lim Teck Guan at the A*STAR Institute of Microelectronics and co-workers have now developed an enhanced alignment solution for photonic circuits. Our approach offers a highly accurate, passive optical alignment solution for these devices, says Guan.