Monolithic integration of O-band photonic transceivers in a “zero-change” 32nm SOI CMOS

We demonstrate a monolithic photonic platform in an unmodified 32nm SOI CMOS process. This platform provides the fastest transistors monolithically integrated with passive and high-speed active photonic components. We demonstrate 12Gb/s O-band (1260–1360nm) optical transceivers using resonant-based modulators and detectors with analog front-end circuits. This platform provides the electronic and photonic performance needed to address the integration of high bandwidth and energy efficient photonic I/O with high performance and low power logic chips, particularly for high performance computing (HPC) applications.