Parallel Heterogeneous Integration of III-V Devices on Silicon Photonic Chips
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Strathclyde
Department Name: Inst of Photonics
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| Michael Strain (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Adams MJ
(2019)
High-frequency dynamics of evanescently-coupled nanowire lasers.
in Scientific reports
Guilhabert B
(2018)
Hybrid integration of an evanescently coupled AlGaAs microdisk resonator with a silicon waveguide by nanoscale-accuracy transfer printing.
in Optics letters
Guilhabert B
(2022)
Advanced transfer printing with in-situ optical monitoring for the integration of micron-scale devices
in IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
Hill P
(2018)
Thin film diamond membranes bonded on-demand with SOI ring resonators
in Diamond and Related Materials
Hill P
(2020)
All-optical tuning of a diamond micro-disk resonator on silicon
in Photonics Research
Jevtics D
(2021)
Spatially dense integration of micron-scale devices from multiple materials on a single chip via transfer-printing
in Optical Materials Express
Jevtics D
(2020)
Characterization, Selection, and Microassembly of Nanowire Laser Systems.
in Nano letters
Jevtics D
(2022)
Deterministic integration of single nanowire devices with on-chip photonics and electronics
in Progress in Quantum Electronics
Klitis C
(2019)
Active On-Chip Dispersion Control Using a Tunable Silicon Bragg Grating.
in Micromachines
Li Z
(2022)
Photonic integration of lithium niobate micro-ring resonators onto silicon nitride waveguide chips by transfer-printing
in Optical Materials Express
Margariti E
(2023)
Continuous roller transfer-printing and automated metrology of >75,000 micro-LED pixels in a single shot
in Optical Materials Express
McPhillimy J
(2018)
High accuracy transfer printing of single-mode membrane silicon photonic devices.
in Optics express
McPhillimy J
(2020)
Automated Nanoscale Absolute Accuracy Alignment System for Transfer Printing.
in ACS applied nano materials
McPhillimy J
(2020)
Transfer printing of AlGaAs-on-SOI microdisk resonators for selective mode coupling and low-power nonlinear processes.
in Optics letters
Minzioni P
(2019)
Roadmap on all-optical processing
in Journal of Optics
Peng K
(2020)
Three-dimensional cross-nanowire networks recover full terahertz state.
in Science (New York, N.Y.)
Smith J
(2022)
Hybrid integration of chipscale photonic devices using accurate transfer printing methods
in Applied Physics Reviews
Smith JA
(2021)
High precision integrated photonic thermometry enabled by a transfer printed diamond resonator on GaN waveguide chip.
in Optics express
Smith LW
(2020)
High-Throughput Electrical Characterization of Nanomaterials from Room to Cryogenic Temperatures.
in ACS nano
| Description | The focus of this project is the integration of planar optical devices from different material wafers into single systems, harnessing expertise in hybrid device integration at the University of Strathclyde and nanofabrication capabilities at the University of Glasgow. The key findings so far can be summarised as: i) Design and fabrication of robust III-V semiconductor membranes for printing onto host substrates ii) Design and fabrication of silicon microring membrane devices through micro assembly iii) Development of novel alignment procedures that enable printing position accuracy of <100nm for a range of single devices including membranes, resonators and nanowire lasers iv) Statistical analysis of devices printed using serial and parallel print processes. iv) Demonstration of hybrid material optical device integration, in particular, III-V AlGaAs and diamond micro-resonators integrated with silicon photonic integrated circuits v) Demonstration of optical non-linearity in transfer printed AlGaAs micro-resonators on silicon vi) Demonstration of parameter and spatial binning of NW laser devices vii) Demonstration of dense integration of multiple materials on a single substrate (i.e. in a footprint comparable to the device size). |
| Exploitation Route | This transfer of membrane waveguide optics opens up a whole new class of hybrid optical devices for applications across a wide range of disciplines from quantum optics to biomedical sensing. Our findings will enable new devices to be designed by the wider optics community that were not previously possible. IP protection has been applied for on the transfer printing alignment processes. This underpins new capital equipment development that can be exploited through licensing or spin out generation. |
| Sectors | Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Electronics,Energy,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology |
| Description | Underpinning research has led to publication of patent documentation and exploitation plan with non-academic partner. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2021 |
| Sector | Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Electronics,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology |
| Impact Types | Economic |
| Description | 'Hetero-print': A holistic approach to transfer-printing for heterogeneous integration in manufacturing |
| Amount | £5,541,652 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/R03480X/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2018 |
| End | 05/2023 |
| Description | Hybrid chip-scale optical platform for efficient frequency comb generation |
| Amount | £146,610 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | DSTLX1000146956 |
| Organisation | Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2020 |
| End | 10/2021 |
| Description | Hybrid photonic integrated circuits for multiplexed quantum emitters |
| Amount | £120,731 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2019 |
| End | 03/2023 |
| Description | Parallel Micro-assembly of Quantum Cascade Lasers on Germanium (Future Photonics Hub Innovation Fund) |
| Amount | £54,108 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2017 |
| End | 06/2018 |
| Description | QT Assemble: Integrated Quantum Technology Programme |
| Amount | £7,363,560 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 50414 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2020 |
| End | 08/2023 |
| Description | Senior Research Fellowship in Chipscale Photonics |
| Amount | £455,347 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Royal Academy of Engineering |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2020 |
| End | 08/2025 |
| Description | Ultrafast Terahertz Polarimetry Enabled by Semiconductor Nanowire Sensors |
| Amount | £295,821 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/W017067/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2022 |
| End | 08/2026 |
| Description | Zero-change manufacturing of photonic interconnects for silicon electronics |
| Amount | £509,738 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/V004859/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2020 |
| End | 05/2024 |
| Title | Nanoscale alignment for transfer printing |
| Description | Using optical alignment correlation techniques a method was developed to align structures on different material membranes to better than 100nm accuracy using a direct print tool. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | A journal paper is in preparation on this technique. It will underpin the next stage goals of the project. |
| Title | Data for All-optical tuning of a diamond micro-disk resonator on silicon |
| Description | 10.15129/a5cf064c-1e69-4a46-b688-4472945befc8 |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | None currently |
| URL | https://pureportal.strath.ac.uk/en/datasets/data-for-all-optical-tuning-of-a-diamond-micro-disk-reso... |
| Title | Data for: "High accuracy transfer printing of single-mode membrane silicon photonic devices" |
| Description | "Data sets corresponding to figures in article contribution for optics express titled above. Files details available in the readme file. Data embargo 05/07/18" |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | . |
| Title | Data for: "High precision integrated photonic thermometry enabled by a transfer printed diamond resonator on a GaN waveguide chip" |
| Description | All data is tabulated in text files, with file names pertaining to the corresponding figures in the paper. An extra file named "Fig9_Read" file is included to explain the data contained in the Fig9 subset, which is a mix of transmission spectra and time trace data. The rest of the data can be easily understoon from the file names, and in each case, simply consists of two columns: wavelength and detector voltage, from which transmission spectra can be reconstructed. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Dataset underpinning research publication |
| URL | https://pureportal.strath.ac.uk/en/datasets/f7404ca9-fd0e-4ef6-a8ad-8372f0ff52db |
| Title | Data for: "Hybrid integration of an evanescently coupled AlGaAs micro-disk resonator with a silicon waveguide by nanoscale-accurate transfer printing" |
| Description | "Dataset related to the submission: Hybrid integration of an evanescently coupled AlGaAs micro-disk resonator with a silicon waveguide by nanoscale-accurate transfer printing. All the data can be read using Microsoft Office. Further details on the individual figures are available from the README file provided. " |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | . |
| Title | Data for: "Nanoscale accurate heterogeneous integration of waveguide devices by transfer printing" |
| Description | "Dataset corresponding to measured optical transmission spectrum of all-pass filters (figures 2.a and b) of the IEEE Photonics Conference 2018 submission. Data embargo until 04/10/18" |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | . |
| Title | Data for: "Spatially dense integration of micron-scale devices from multiple materials on a single chip via transfer-printing" |
| Description | Supporting dataset for the publication "Spatially dense integration of micron-scale devices from multiple materials on a single chip via transfer-printing" |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Dataset underpinning research publication |
| URL | https://pureportal.strath.ac.uk/en/datasets/10070904-bb8a-433c-875d-cdd5e6bcda95 |
| Title | Data set for Characterisation, selection and micro-assembly of nanowire laser systems |
| Description | "Data sets corresponding to figures in article contribution for Nano Letters titled above. Files details available in the readme file. " |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | None currently |
| URL | https://pureportal.strath.ac.uk/en/datasets/data-for-characterisation-selection-and-micro-assembly-o... |
| Title | Data set for Transfer printing of AlGaAs-on-SOI micro-disk resonators for selective mode coupling and low-power non-linear processes |
| Description | "Data sets corresponding to figures in article contribution for optics letters titled above. Files details available in the readme file. " |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | None currently |
| URL | https://pureportal.strath.ac.uk/en/datasets/data-for-transfer-printing-of-algaas-on-soi-micro-disk-r... |
| Description | Collaboration with the Fraunhofer Centre for Applied Photonics |
| Organisation | Fraunhofer Society |
| Department | Fraunhofer Centre for Applied Photonics (CAP) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | A novel nanoscale alignment technique for direct transfer printing was developed by the University of Strathclyde. Through joint studentship funding with the Fraunhofer CAP, this capability was developed into an accessible computer controlled system to allow all users of the facility access to the technique. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Fraunhofer CAP provided studentship funding, supervisory time and expertise in automated systems. |
| Impact | The outcome of this stage of the collaboration was an accessible computer controlled system for high accuracy printing alignment. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Title | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR USE IN THE SPATIAL REGISTRATION OF OBJECTS |
| Description | A method for use in the spatial registration of first and second objects comprises fixing the first and second objects to the same motion control stage in an unknown spatial relationship, using an imaging system to acquire an image of the first object, determining a position and orientation of the first object in a frame of reference of the motion control stage based at least in part on the acquired image of the first object, using the imaging system to acquire an image of the second object, and determining a position and orientation of the second object in the frame of reference of the motion control stage based at least in part on the acquired image of the second object. The method may be used in the spatial registration of first and second objects and, in particular though not exclusively, for use in the spatial registration of optical or electronic components relative to one another, or for use in the alignment of a first object such as an optical or electronic component relative to a second object such as a feature, a structure, a target area or a target region defined on a substrate or a wafer. |
| IP Reference | WO2022008903 |
| Protection | Patent application published |
| Year Protection Granted | 2022 |
| Licensed | Commercial In Confidence |
| Impact | Licensing and development of patent covered by commercial in confidence |