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Project overview

The Universities of Southampton (SOU) and Glasgow (GLA) have established a new Silicon Photonics fabrication capability for the UK science base, through a project entitled CORNERSTONE. Following completion of the project, from December 2019 the CORNERSTONE fabrication capability will be self-sustaining. Based upon demand from the UK’s premier photonics researchers, this proposal seeks funding to extend the capability that is offered to UK researchers beyond the current Silicon-On-Insulator (SOI) platforms, to include emerging Silicon Photonics platforms. These emerging platforms will enable a multitude of new applications either not suitable for the SOI platforms, or complementary to the SOI platforms. This proposal seeks support to bring the new platforms to a state of readiness to deliver the new functionality via a multi-project-wafer (MPW) mechanism to satisfy significantly increasing demand, and to encourage wider usage of world class equipment within the UK. This resource-only bid will facilitate access to a very significant inventory of equipment at the 2 host universities, including access to UK’s only deep-UV projection lithography capability.

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Graham Reed FREng, FIET, FOSA, FSPIE, FEOS

Head of School
Other researchers

Professor David Thomson

Professorial Fellow-Research

Professor Frederic Gardes PhD

Professor

Professor Harold Chong

Professor of Electronic Engineering

Professor Goran Mashanovich

Personal Chair

Research interests

  • Silicon Photonics
  • Photonics Integrated Circuits
  • Sensors

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Photonic Systems, Circuits and Sensors Group

Our group’s research in photonics is helping the development of critical global technologies.

Silicon Photonics

The group works at the forefront of all aspects of silicon photonics. Our work ranges from fundamental study of devices and circuits to close collaboration with industry.

Sustainable Electronic Technologies

We explore how to improve renewable energy sources and create more efficient electronic device technology to benefit the environment.

Research outputs

A 100-Gb/s PAM4 optical transmitter in a 3-D-integrated SiPh-CMOS platform using segmented MOSCAP modulators
A.H Talkhooncheh,
Wei Zhang,
M. Wang,
D.J. Thomson,
M. Ebert,
L KE,
G.T. Reed,
& E. Emami
, 2022 , IEEE Journal of Solid State Circuits , 58 (1)
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2022.3210906
Type: article
Beyond 100Gb/s from a single silicon MZI modulator
Graham T. Reed,
Shenghao Liu,
David J. Thomson,
Weiwei Zhang,
Fanfan Meng,
Xingzhao Yan,
Callum G. Littlejohns,
Han Du,
Wei Cao,
Mehdi Banakar,
Martin Ebert,
Vadivukkarasi Jeyaselvan,
Dehn Tran,
Periklis Petropoulos,
& Li Ke
, 2022
DOI: 10.1364/cleo_si.2022.sm5g.1
Type: bookChapter
Single-shot wavelength meter on a photonic chip for absolute distance measurement using frequency scanning interferometry
Han Du,
Mehdi Banakar,
Xingzhao Yan,
Callum Littlejohns,
C. R. Coggrave,
P.D. Ruiz,
C. A. Pallikarakis,
J.M. Huntley,
& Denh Tran
, 2022
DOI: 10.1117/12.2626785
Type: conference
Backside emitting silicon photonic beam steering module for LIDAR application
Xia Chen,
F. Meng,
S. A. Fortune,
A. J. Compston,
M. Ebert,
Xingzhao Yan,
H. Du,
M. Banakar,
D. T. Tran,
C. G. Littlejohns,
D. J. Thomson,
R. Nicolaescu,
& G. T. Reed
, 2021
DOI: 10.1109/GFP51802.2021.9673851
Type: conference
Compact, hybrid III-V/silicon vernier laser diode operating from 1955-1992 nm
Jia Xu Brian Sia,
Xiang Li,
Wanjun Wang,
Zhongliang Qiao,
X. Guo,
Jiawei Wang,
Callum G. Littlejohns,
Chongyang Liu,
Graham T. Reed,
Kian Siong Ang,
& Hong Wang
, 2021 , IEEE Photonics Journal , 13 (6)
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2021.3119760
Type: article
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