A key point of all the three working groups, Cross Marketing, Integration Packaging and Si CMOS,  is that the photonic demand will ultimately be a single mode world.  This would be due to both the physical and economic trajectories of communications whether....

iNEMI Emerging OE Data Communications Status • Massive use in Long Haul, Metropolitan & LAN Communications • Substantial use for rack-to-rack data transfer • Backplanes:    Copper OK to 20 Gbit up to 1 meter • On circuit board....

Photodetectors based on the epitaxial growth of Ge on silicon are increasingly being considered as serious contenders to the more traditional GaAs and InP devices.  Quantum efficiencies at 90% or higher have been reported for all the standard communication wavelengths....

One of the last challenges of electronic-photonic integration is to develop an on-chip light source. There are multiple possible solutions to provide photons for on-chip applications. The most straight-forward approach is to utilize an off-chip light source the same way an electrical power supply is used......

HD Optical Interconnects -- the Hybrid Integration of PMD ICs, Photonics and Optical Coupling Technology.   It is a very unsettled time for road mapping the future of optical interconnects, with no clear winners or long lived standards clearly taking the lead.  Notwithstanding, forecasts for market growth abound for various embodiments of IB, Ethernet, WDM and other solutions....