Silicon Photonics as a Post Moore Technology

Silicon photonics is a high-density photonic integration technology based on silicon CMOS fabrication technology. Thanks to the silicon's superior material characteristics both in photonics and electronics, this technology can provide us compact, functional and energy-efficient photonic-electronic convergent circuits. Moreover, superior performance in reliability and volume production of silicon CMOS-based fabrication technology can make photonic circuits significantly cost-effective. Hence, silicon photonics, as a post Moore photonics technology, can provide us immediate solutions to the explosive growth of network traffic and data processing volume in advanced information -oriented society, which must consume an infinite number of photonic and electronic devices and circuits.