EU Project - SOFI

Silicon-Organic hybrid Fabrication platform for Integrated circuits

In the SOFI project, new active optical waveguides and integrated optoelectronic circuits based on a novel silicon-organic hybrid technology are introduced. The technology is based on the low-cost CMOS process technology for fabrication of the optical waveguides - allowing for the convergence of electronics with optics. It is complemented by an organic layer that brings in new functionalities so far not available in silicon. SOFI focuses on a proof-of concept implementation of ultra-fast ultra-low energy optical phase modulator waveguides such as needed in optical communications. More importantly, the new technology provides the lowest power consumption so far demonstrated for devices in its class.

Publications

'Ultra-Fast Ultra-Low Power Modulators'
– Fundamental Building Blocks of the Internet of Tomorrow –
Are Envisioned by the Recently Founded European Research Consortium SOFI
Sofi Press Release February 25, 2010

'Optical Chips Reduce Internet Energy Consumption'
SOFI EU Project Aims at Extremely Fast and Energy-efficient Modulators for Telecommunication
KIT-Service Press Release 024/2010

'Optische Chips reduzieren Internet-Energieverbrauch'
TechPortal, Optische Technologien, März 2010

'GigOptix Receives Approximately $500,000 Funding to Enable New Era of Ultra Fast Hybrid Silicon-Organic Integrated Circuits Based on Proprietary Polymer'
Gigoptix Press Release March 10, 2010

'Optische 100-GBit/s-Übertragungstechnik in Silizium'
heise online, March 12, 2010

Interview

'Umsteigebahnhof auf einem Siliziumchip : Am Institut für Photonik arbeitet man an einem optischen Chip'
Prof. Dr. Jürg Leuthold - Radio Regenbogen, April 06, 2010