Enabling space-qualified opto-electronic systems through photonic wirebonding

Jes Sherman; Victoria Rosborough; Ruby Gans; Juan Ramirez; Don Kebort; Geoffrey Sitwell; Juergen Musolf; Henry Garrett; Tom Liu; Caleb McEwen; Trevor Cooper; Amin Nehrir; Gordon Morrison; Leif Johansson; Milan Mashanovitch

doi:10.1117/12.3013559

6 June 2024 Enabling space-qualified opto-electronic systems through photonic wirebonding

Jes Sherman, Victoria Rosborough, Ruby Gans, Juan Ramirez, Don Kebort, Geoffrey Sitwell, Juergen Musolf, Henry Garrett, Tom Liu, Caleb McEwen, Trevor Cooper, Amin Nehrir, Gordon Morrison, Leif Johansson, Milan Mashanovitch

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Proceedings Volume 13062, Sensors and Systems for Space Applications XVII; 1306206 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3013559
Event: SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing, 2024, National Harbor, Maryland, United States

Abstract

Applications such as LIDAR, ranging/ sensing, and optical communications all require photonic components, such as sources, detectors, and modulators, to be integrated into a single system. For spaceborne applications, SWaP (size, weight and power) is a key consideration: a monolithic indium phosphide (InP) Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) can integrate many components onto a chip with a footprint of a few square mm. Photonic Wirebonding (PWB) enables seamless integration of best-in-class optical devices from disparate materials. Connecting and mode-matching different photonic components enables versatility and functionality unachievable by other methods, facilitating co-packaging. PICs and PWBs do not yet have spaceflight heritage: demonstrating increased Technology Readiness Level (TRL) is a key step toward use in orbital and spaceborne missions. Freedom Photonics presents our first hermetic photonic wirebonded PIC package, alongside recent environmental testing results demonstrating that our PIC and PWB technologies are suitable for the harsh conditions of launch and spaceflight: shock, vibration, radiation, and temperature cycling.

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Jes Sherman, Victoria Rosborough, Ruby Gans, Juan Ramirez, Don Kebort, Geoffrey Sitwell, Juergen Musolf, Henry Garrett, Tom Liu, Caleb McEwen, Trevor Cooper, Amin Nehrir, Gordon Morrison, Leif Johansson, and Milan Mashanovitch "Enabling space-qualified opto-electronic systems through photonic wirebonding", Proc. SPIE 13062, Sensors and Systems for Space Applications XVII, 1306206 (6 June 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3013559

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