A늌W

2010 Seminar

20100612(Stanford, CA)

Silicon photonics: opportunities & challenges

Abstract:

Silicon photonics technology offers promising low-cost optoelectronic solutions for many applications ranging from optical communications to emerging areas such as optical sensing and analysis. In recent years, rapid progress has been made in developing various silicon-based photonics building blocks. This talk will give an overview of research being done at Intel in the area of silicon photonics, highlighting the recent results and applications, and discussing the opportunities and challenges of optoelectronics integration.

Biography:

Dr. Haisheng Rong is a senior scientist in the Photonics Technology Group of Intel Labs. He has worked in many areas of optical and laser technologies during his career including optical information processing, high-resolution laser spectroscopy, large-scale laser interferometer, and optical communications and interconnects. He has published numerous scientific papers including two in Nature and given over 20 invited and keynote presentations at major international conferences and meetings including SPIE conferences, CLEO, OFC, and LEOS meetings. He has won various Intel awards including the highest Intel Achievement Award. In November 2005, he was recognized by Scientific American as one of the top 50 research leaders in science and technology for his work on development of silicon Raman lasers. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Heidelberg, Germany, his B.S. and M.S. from Nankai University, China, all in physics. Prior to joining Intel Corporation, he also held engineering position at New Focus, and research positions at MIT and Caltech.