Ultra high capacity optical interconnects using photonic nano-technology

In the Electro-Optical Communication Systems (ECO) group, department of Electrical Engineering. The PhD position relates to the European H2020 project PASSION where Eindhoven University of Technology collaborates with leading industrial and academic partners as well as a number of small and medium enterprises on future solutions for Petabit/sec transmission systems. In order to support the future growth in demand for bandwidth cost effective and modular optical transmission modules have to be developed. The effort of Eindhoven University of Technology within the PASSION project relates to the hardware developments and in particular Transceiver design. This position relates to the integration of vertical coupled surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) with other photonic integration platforms to achieve record bandwidth density solutions with substantial reduction in cost and power consumption. Based on novel TU/e approach for die integration we will collaborate with other academic and industrial partners to deliver novel solutions.
Within the PASSION project the PhD student is required to further develop our assembly process. In particular we wish to address the following topics:
1. Scaling the stacking technology to devices that operate at higher bit-rate and have larger size (e.g 16 Tbps)
2. Supporting co integration of VCSELs with adjacent planar optical integration technologies.
3. Introducing new schemes of integration for improved signal integrity
4. Development of machine manufacturable packaging technologies for three and 2.5 dimensional devices.

The work will include both process-development in a cleanroom environment as well as practical development of packaging solutions in an industrial context. We wish to get in contact with candidates that have strong technical background. Since strong interaction with our industrial partners is required strong communication skills are also essential. Candidates for the PhD position should have a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, with excellent grades.