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The Lightwave Research Laboratory is involved with multiple research programs on optical interconnection networks for advanced computing systems, data centers, optical packet-switched routers, and nanophotonic networks-on-chip for chip multiprocessors. We are developing a new class of nanoscale photonic interconnect technologies that seamlessly move data from on-chip networks, across memory and large computing systems with extreme energy efficiency. These future platforms, driven by nanophotonic-enabled interconnectivity, and the enormous bandwidth advantage of dense wavelength division multiplexing, will fundamentally transform the computation-communications architecture, to create systems able to meet explosive information demands at all scales.

With the growing demand for photonics based technologies in data centers and high performance computing applications, the Lightwave Research Laboratory aims to be on the cutting edge of research while creating feasible and deployable solutions to tackle real challenges faced in industry. 

• Silicon Photonic Integration of DWDM and Mode-Division Multiplexing for Advancing Multi-Dimensional Data Transmission

• FPGA-Programmable 512 Gbps 2.5D DWDM Photonic Network Interface Card

• Wide Spectral Modulation in Highly Efficient Thermally Undercut Foundry Fabricated Resonant Modulators

• Ultra-Wide FSR Vertical-Junction Microdisk Modulator With Efficient External Heater

• Silicon Photonics Chip I/O for Ultra High-Bandwidth and Energy-Efficient Die-to-Die Connectivity

• Automated Tuning of Ring-Assisted MZI–Based Interleaver for DWDM Systems

• Integrated Photonic Resonant Modulator-Based Equalization and Optimization for DWDM

• Ultra-Efficient Interleaved Vertical-Junction Microdisk Modulator with Integrated Heater

• Wavelength Reconfigurable Transceiver For Multi-Interface Compute Accelerator Networks

• Reconfigurable Silicon Photonic Transmitter for Space Based Communications Nodes

• Wide Temperature Range Uncooled 2.5D Integrated Silicon Photonic DWDM Receiver

• Flexible silicon photonic architecture for accelerating distributed deep learning