NEXT-GENERATION ULTRA-HIGH-SPEED MICROWAVE
Photonic integrATed circuiTs using advancEd hybRid iNtegration
Glossary
A
ADK Assembly Design Kit
AM Amplitude Modulator
AOM Acousto-Optic Modulator
AWG Arrayed Waveguide Grating
B
BB(s) Building Block(s)
BOX Buried Oxide
C
CAGR Compound Annual Growth Rate
CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
D
DC Direct Current
DCI Data Center Interconnect
DFG Difference Frequency Generation
DUV Deep Ultraviolet
E
EBL Electron Beam Lithography
EMI Electromagnetic Interference
EO Electro-Optic
ESD Electrostatic Discharge
F
FOG Fiber-Optic Gyroscope
FSR Free Spectral Range
FTL Fast Tunable Lasers
G
GDS Graphic Data System
GNSS Global Navigation Satellite System
H
HTO High-Temperature Oxide
I
IDT Inter‐Digitated Transducer
IFoF Intermediate Frequency‐over‐Fibre
InP Indium Phosphide
IoT Internet of Things
IR Infrared
IP(R) Intellectual Property Rights
L
LiNbO3 Lithium Niobate (material)
LNOI Lithium Niobate On Insulator (platform)
M
MEMS Micro-Electromechanical Systems
MIMO Multiple-Input and Multiple-Output
MMI Multi-Mode Interferometer
MO Magneto-Optics
MPLC Multi-Plane Light Converter
MPW Multi project wafer
MQW Multi‐Quantum Well
μTP Micro‐Transfer Print
M-Z Mach-Zehnder
N
NIR Near Infra‐Red
O
OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer
OEO Opto‐Electronics Oscillators
P
PCB Printed Circuit Boards
PDE Plasma Dispersion Effect
PDK Process Design Kit
PECVD Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapour Deposition
PIC Photonic Integrated Circuit
PLD Pulsed Laser Deposition
PPLN Periodically-Poled Lithium Niobate
PWB Photonic Wire Bonding
Q
QKD Quantum Key Distribution
QPSK Quadrature Phase-Shift Keying
R
RF Radiofrequency
R-FOG Resonant Fiber-Optic Gyroscope
RIE Reactive Ion Etching
RHEED Reflection High‐Energy Electron Diffraction
RoF Radio-over-Fibre
RRs Ring Resonators
RRH Remote Radio Head
S
SAW Surface Acoustic Wave
SEM Scanning Electron Microscope
Si Silicon
SiN Silicon Nitride
SHG Second-Harmonic Generation
SOA Semiconductor Optical Amplifier
SOI Silicon On Insulator
SIBH Semi-Insulating Buried Heterostructure
V
VNA Vectron Network Analysers
Y
YIG Yttrium Iron Garnet