When companies use the Analog Photonics - SUNY Polytechnic Component Library under the AIM Photonics PDK, they not only have access to the most up-to-date silicon photonics components, but also access to a community driving and enabling tomorrow's silicon photonics design practices and methodologies. Benefits of APSUNY Silicon Photonics PDK technologies - Support for ACT2 Low Loss Platform - Extensive component library - O Band [1260 nm-1360 nm] support - C+L Band [1500 nm-1600 nm] support - 100 Gbps modulation and detection - Push-pull analog and digital modulators for low chirp, long distance links - Low-loss Actives and Passives - Low insertion loss couplers (fiber to chip) - Polarization diversity circuits (Low PDL) - Thermal Optic Phase Shifter, 8-30x power reduction for Pπ, Must use "TU" Thermal undercut Technology Other helpful information to know - Users should only use ACT2 PDK for designing in ACT2 MPW technology. Components used from other AIM Photonics PDKs may not be fabricated or may not function as intended. - The current PDK version that should be used for low-loss active MPW runs is 3.5. Please contact us to confirm if an older version will be compatible. - The community of organizations who use our PDK is growing. To support this design work and provide information about common questions, we've set up help desk functions. Passive Components - Waveguides (Qty 6): Silicon 0.8dB/cm SiN 0.325dB/cm Silicon Rib 0.25dB/cm - Edge Couplers (Qty 2): <1.5dB/facet 6.5 µm MFD <2.0dB/facet SMF-28 Fiber - Vertical Couplers (Qty 2): <3dB loss - 3dB 4-Port Splitters (Qty 2): loss ˜0.3dB - 3dB Y-Junctions (Qty 3): loss ˜0.05dB - Power Taps (1% & 10%) (Qty 3): loss ˜0.05dB* - Layer Transitions (Qty 3): loss ˜0.02dB PDL <0.1dB - Crossing (Qty 1): loss ˜0.05dB - Polarization Rotator (Qty 1): N/A - Polarization Splitter & Rotator (Qty 1): loss 0.015dB, PDL <0.1dB - Waveguide Termination (Qty 1): Low reflection <-45dB Active Components - C Band Photodetector (Qty 1): BW=30GHz, R˜1A/W - C+L Band Photodetector (Qty 1): BW=13GHz, R˜1.1A/W - O Band Photodetector (Qty 1): BW=33GHz, R=0.9A/W - C+L Band MZM (Qty 1): BW=30GHz, VpiL=1Vcm - O Band MZM (Qty 1): BW=26GHz, VpiL=1Vcm - MZM Termination (Qty 1): Impedance matched to MZMs - Microring Filters (Qty 4): 26nm FSR (Fully reconfigurable) - Microdisk Switches (Qty 4): N/A - Analog Photodetector (Qty 1): N/A - Analog MZM (Qty 1): N/A - Thermo-Optic Phase Shifter (Qty 2): Pπ <26mW/π - Thermo-Optic Switch (Qty 2): Pπ <26mW/switch - Variable Optic Attenuator (Qty 1): up to 13dB *Based on reference transmitter and receiver
