Air Force highly integrated photonics (HIP) program

Merton A. Horne; Howard J. Schantz; Stephen O. Newcomer; Gregory J. Whaley

doi:10.1117/12.669216

4 May 2006 Air Force highly integrated photonics (HIP) program

Merton A. Horne, Howard J. Schantz, Stephen O. Newcomer, Gregory J. Whaley

Proceedings Volume 6243, Enabling Photonics Technologies for Defense, Security, and Aerospace Applications II; 624301 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.669216
Event: Defense and Security Symposium, 2006, Orlando (Kissimmee), Florida, United States

Abstract

This presentation will describe the Air Force Research Laboratory Highly Integrated Photonics Program (AF HIP) and its objective to integrate on a monolithic device, all of the optical components required to serve as a bus coupler in an all optical data communication network. This research and development program utilizes advanced technologies in silicon on insulator (SOI) and silica planar lightwave circuits (PLC) to design, develop, characterize, and demonstrate highly integrated photonic devices that can be transitioned into both current and emerging tactical platforms for the U.S. Air Force. This effort strives to overcome several existing constraints with respect to the integration and packaging aspects of the current generation of COTS optical devices. Monolithic integration (chips fabricated out of a single material system) remains the ultimate vision for integrated optics.

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Merton A. Horne, Howard J. Schantz, Stephen O. Newcomer, and Gregory J. Whaley "Air Force highly integrated photonics (HIP) program", Proc. SPIE 6243, Enabling Photonics Technologies for Defense, Security, and Aerospace Applications II, 624301 (4 May 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.669216

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