Reference number : GC-2017-Q4-01111, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Lu, Tao (University of Victoria), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : British Columbia|Colombie-Britannique, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Engage Grants for universities, program name french : Subventions d'engagement partenarial pour les universités, program purpose english : The nature of the work is to conduct a feasibility study to design and fabricate a waveguide avalanche_x000D_
photodiode on a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) platform. Silicon photonic devices built on silicon-on-insulator_x000D_
wafer are micron scale, high refractive index contrast photonic devices truly integrable with electronic control_x000D_
circuits on a very-large-scale integration (VLSI) chip. Such devices are promised to prevail in the optical_x000D_
communication industry for their low power consumption, small feature size, and low cost upon mass_x000D_
production. ArtIC, a leading company in photonic integrated circuits (PIC), is planning to develop a_x000D_
monolithically integrated wavelength selectable receiver based on SOI platform for next generation_x000D_
wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) passive optical network (NG-PON2) applications. Waveguide based_x000D_
Avalanche Photo-Detector (APD) is one of the key components for such device. Our group, with many years of_x000D_
silicon photonics device design and fabrication experiences, will collaborate with the company to develop this_x000D_
product. Through this project, our group will design and fabricate the waveguide APD using facilities available_x000D_
at PI's lab, University of Victoria and CMC microsystems. At the end of the project, we anticipate the APD_x000D_
will be fully understood through numerical modelling and fabricated with fabrication related challenges_x000D_
identified. In a continued collaboration through a long term project such as NSERC collaborative research and_x000D_
development (CRD), the waveguide APD is expected to be developed, characterized experimentally and_x000D_
verified to meet the requirement specified by ITU-G.980.2 for NG-PON2 market. The activity in this project is_x000D_
highly related to the endeavor of the company to building SOI portfolio. The design/fabrication process of the_x000D_
waveguide APD will be directly integrated to their transceiver design product line. This positions the company_x000D_
as well as Canadian high tech industry at the frontlines of PON market whose value is predicted to be $43_x000D_
billion by 2025. The highly qualified personnels (HQPs) through this project training well suits the demand of_x000D_
Canadian industry., program purpose french : The nature of the work is to conduct a feasibility study to design and fabricate a waveguide avalanche_x000D_
photodiode on a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) platform. Silicon photonic devices built on silicon-on-insulator_x000D_
wafer are micron scale, high refractive index contrast photonic devices truly integrable with electronic control_x000D_
circuits on a very-large-scale integration (VLSI) chip. Such devices are promised to prevail in the optical_x000D_
communication industry for their low power consumption, small feature size, and low cost upon mass_x000D_
production. ArtIC, a leading company in photonic integrated circuits (PIC), is planning to develop a_x000D_
monolithically integrated wavelength selectable receiver based on SOI platform for next generation_x000D_
wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) passive optical network (NG-PON2) applications. Waveguide based_x000D_
Avalanche Photo-Detector (APD) is one of the key components for such device. Our group, with many years of_x000D_
silicon photonics device design and fabrication experiences, will collaborate with the company to develop this_x000D_
product. Through this project, our group will design and fabricate the waveguide APD using facilities available_x000D_
at PI's lab, University of Victoria and CMC microsystems. At the end of the project, we anticipate the APD_x000D_
will be fully understood through numerical modelling and fabricated with fabrication related challenges_x000D_
identified. In a continued collaboration through a long term project such as NSERC collaborative research and_x000D_
development (CRD), the waveguide APD is expected to be developed, characterized experimentally and_x000D_
verified to meet the requirement specified by ITU-G.980.2 for NG-PON2 market. The activity in this project is_x000D_
highly related to the endeavor of the company to building SOI portfolio. The design/fabrication process of the_x000D_
waveguide APD will be directly integrated to their transceiver design product line. This positions the company_x000D_
as well as Canadian high tech industry at the frontlines of PON market whose value is predicted to be $43_x000D_
billion by 2025. The highly qualified personnels (HQPs) through this project training well suits the demand of_x000D_
Canadian industry., agreement title english : Feasibility study of on-chip Avalanche Photodetector, agreement title french : Feasibility study of on-chip Avalanche Photodetector, agreement number : EGP, agreement value : 25000.0, agreement start date : 2018-03-07, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2018-2019)., owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada