Broadening the Spectrum: Silicon Photonics Beyond the Telecom Wavelengths

Joyce Poon
Director at the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics,
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto

Abstract

Emerging applications, such as ultra-low energy optical interconnects, depth sensing, quantum computing, and biosensing rely on shorter wavelengths, in the visible (VIS) and near infrared (NIR) part of the spectrum (wavelength < 1100 nm), which can be addressed with silicon photonic technology that guide light in silicon nitride or aluminum oxide layers. I will review the development of silicon photonic technology for VIS and NIR light and discuss the opportunities and challenges.

Bio

Joyce Poon is a Director at the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto, and an Honorary Professor in the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Technical University of Berlin.  She and her team specialize in integrated photonics on silicon.  Prof. Poon obtained the Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Caltech in 2007. She currently served as a Director-at-Large for Optica from 2021 to 2023. She is an Optica Fellow and a Fellow of the IEEE.

Timbits, coffee, tea will be served in STI A before the colloquium.