Adopt double-deck hybrid integrated optical circuit chip
Technical field
The present invention relates to the integrated optical circuit chip technical field, the double-deck hybrid integrated optical circuit chip of particularly a kind of employing.
Background technology
Hybrid integrated optical circuit adopts the various function elements of being made by different materials, it is integrated on the micro optical platform integrated chip that form stable performance, is easy to control.Mixing the design that is integrated into each individual devices provides the more freedom degree, and the device of difference in functionality can select only separately material and optimised process to obtain best performance respectively.And the monolithic integrated optical circuit, owing to make optimal material, the optimum dimension difference of each individual devices, the compromise of having to bring device performance.Therefore, mixing integrated is have practical value most in two kinds of schemes of integrated optical circuit a kind of at present.
Gordian technique in the hybrid integrated optical circuit is to realize sheet glazing interconnection efficiently, promptly realizes high alignment tolerance, low-loss glazing interconnection.The realization of efficient sheet glazing interconnection can be given full play to the optimum performance of each discrete device in the integrated chip, shorten the lead time of integrated chip significantly, even the similar individual devices product of realizing different vendor in the integrated chip after forming unified sheet glazing interconnect standards is in the future efficiently replaced on the sheet, further reduce the integrated chip cost, enlarge integrated scale, promote that the increase of integrated chip function is perfect.
Traditional hybrid integrated optical circuit chip adopts single layer structure, all individual devices all are fixed on the same micro optical platform, realize that by the waveguiding structure of processing on the micro optical platform light connects between each individual devices, described waveguiding structure and individual devices adopt the mode of end face to the end face coupling.End face needs the accurate location of space three-dimensional to aim at the coupling of end face, and this has proposed bigger challenge to the technological process that individual devices is fixed to micro optical platform.
Summary of the invention
Therefore the objective of the invention is to propose a kind of technical scheme of utilizing double-decker to realize hybrid integrated optical circuit chip, by individual devices and light transmission waveguide are separately positioned on device layer and optical link layer, reduced the accuracy requirement that individual devices is fixed to the technological process of micro optical platform effectively.
The applicant has invented a kind of technical scheme of utilizing double-decker to realize hybrid integrated optical circuit chip.Especially can make and easily realize the integrated of individual devices on the sheet in the hybrid integrated optical circuit chip.
The principal character of this technical scheme is, in this mixing Integrated Solution hybrid integrated optical circuit chip is divided into device layer and optical link layer, typical light course is: by the optical fiber input, march to the optical link layer, march to device layer by individual devices, march to the optical link layer, march to device layer by individual devices, march to the optical link layer ..., march to device layer by individual devices, march to the optical link layer, march to optical fiber.By individual devices and light transmission waveguide are separately positioned on device layer and optical link layer, reduced the accuracy requirement that individual devices is fixed to the technological process of micro optical platform effectively.
Device layer, it is characterized in that this layer for bonding the silicon optical table of individual devices, this layer mainly finished the various functions of integrated optical circuit and realized by being bonded in individual devices on the platform.This layer adopts the silicon optical table, processes microstructure through fine processes such as wet method or dry etchings, and the positioning reference of individual devices is provided, and individual devices is integrated on this platform by methods such as flip chip bondings.The individual devices that device layer is integrated is turned round in the wide-angle that input and output waveguide part has all adopted mould spot transformational structure to enlarge structures realization light such as mode spot-size, grating coupler or photonic crystal; From the light of optical link layer by input end grating coupler or structure such as photonic crystal and mould spot transformational structure after enter the individual devices main part, through after structure such as grating coupler by output terminal or photonic crystal after the individual devices main part and the mould spot transformational structure to the optical link Es-region propagations.
The optical link layer is characterized in that the optical link layer is mainly the optical waveguide structure (being similar to the function of lead in the circuit) that connects individual devices, and this layer mainly finished the function of light transmission.The making of optical link layer, the waveguide that utilizes traditional wet method or dry etching to process realizes the light transmission of the horizontal direction between the individual devices, and the wide-angle that the input of described waveguide has all adopted mould spot transformational structure to enlarge structures realization light such as mode spot-size, grating coupler or photonic crystal is turned round; From the light of device layer by input end grating coupler or structure such as photonic crystal and mould spot transformational structure after enter the waveguide part, through propagating to device layer after structure such as grating coupler by output terminal or photonic crystal after the waveguide part and the mould spot transformational structure.
Device layer is connected with the light of optical link layer, the vertical light connection that the wide-angle that adopts mould spot transformational structure to change structures realization light such as mode spot-size, grating coupler or photonic crystal is turned round and realized light big alignment tolerance between device layer and light connecting line layer.
Individual devices main part, this part have realized that modulation, the partial wave to light closes functions such as ripple, detection.
The waveguide part, this part has realized light in the transmission that is parallel to optical link layer direction.
Description of drawings
In order more clearly to introduce above-mentioned purpose of the present invention and advantage, this explanation will be described further in conjunction with 2 parts of accompanying drawings of a certain embodiments and this embodiment, and these accompanying drawings are:
Fig. 1 is the device layer of off working state and the distribution schematic diagram of optical link layer.
Fig. 2 is the work synoptic diagram of device layer and optical link layer.
Embodiment
Introduce the present invention in detail below in conjunction with Fig. 1-2:
Device layer 19 bondings individual devices 1 and 2, individual devices 1 and 2 has all adopted mould spot transformational structure to change structures such as mode spot-size, grating coupler or photonic crystal at input and output waveguide part 3-18;
Utilize the processing of traditional wet method or dry etching to connect the optical waveguide structure of individual devices on the optical link layer 20, the input of described waveguide has adopted mould spot transformational structure to change structures such as mode spot-size, grating coupler or photonic crystal.
Light is from input optical fibre 21-24 input hybrid integrated optical circuit chip, enter the waveguide 29-32 of optical link layer, change structures realization wide-angles such as mode spot-size, grating coupler or photonic crystal through the mould spot transformational structure in the waveguide and turn round 20 outgoing of vertical light line layer.The light of outgoing turns round through structures such as mould spot transformational structure, grating coupler or the photonic crystal realization wide-angle of the input waveguide part 3-6 of individual devices 1 on the device layer 19 and enters the main part of individual devices 1, through realizing that through the structures such as mould spot transformational structure, grating coupler or photonic crystal of the output waveguide part 7-10 of individual devices 1 wide-angle turns round 19 outgoing of vertical devices layer after the main part of individual devices 1.
The light of outgoing turns round through structures such as mould spot transformational structure, grating coupler or the photonic crystal realization wide-angle of the importation of transmission waveguide 33-36 on the optical link layer 20 and enters the main part of transmission waveguide, through realizing that through the structures such as mould spot transformational structure, grating coupler or photonic crystal of the output of transmission waveguide 33-36 wide-angle turns round 20 outgoing of vertical light line layer after the main part.
The light of outgoing turns round through structures such as mould spot transformational structure, grating coupler or the photonic crystal realization wide-angle of the input waveguide part 11-14 of individual devices 2 on the device layer 19 and enters the main part of individual devices 2, through realizing that through the structures such as mould spot transformational structure, grating coupler or photonic crystal of the output waveguide part 15-18 of individual devices 2 wide-angle turns round 19 outgoing of vertical devices layer after the main part of individual devices 2.
The light of outgoing turns round through structures such as mould spot transformational structure, grating coupler or the photonic crystal realization wide-angle of the importation of transmission waveguide 37-40 on the optical link layer 20 and enters the main part of transmission waveguide, exports through output optical fibre 25-28 through after the main part.
Though described the present invention in detail with reference to the foregoing description, should be appreciated that the present invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, for the technician of this professional domain, can carry out various changes to its form and details.This invention is intended to contain the interior various distortion of spirit and scope of appended claims.