MORPHIC: Programmable photonic circuits enabled by silicon photonic MEMS

摘要

In the European project MORPHIC we develop a platform for programmable silicon photonic circuits enabled bywaveguide-integrated micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS). MEMS can add compact, and low-power phaseshifters and couplers to an established silicon photonics platform with high-speed modulators and detectors. ThisMEMS technology is used for a new class of programmable photonic circuits, that can be reconfigured usingelectronics and software, consisting of large interconnected meshes of phase shifters and couplers. MORPHIC isalso developing the packaging and driver electronics interfacing schemes for such large circuits, creating a supplychain for rapid prototyping new photonic chip concepts. These will be demonstrated in different applications,such as switching, beamforming and microwave photonics.