Silicon photonics is one of the hottest and fastest moving markets to address high speed data demands in co-packaged optics (CPO) in AI data centers.

In this post I cover a few important high-level details to better understand silicon photonic circuits. These include:

• Link Budget

• Key Figures of Merit (Laser, sources of loss, eye quality, and receiver)

• Validation Challenges (wafer screening and thermal stability)