Optical Lab

ASE Optical Laboratory provides wafer-level (WL) optical test solution and optical thin-film characterization & simulation.

Driven by emerging Telecom/Datacom demands and applications for high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI), silicon photonics (SiPh) is a promising technology that provides greater bandwidth, low latency transmission over longer distance, low power consumption and high-level package integration. In order to meet future SiPh demands and applications, ASE developed comprehensive optical testing capabilities to support SiPh products development.

Wafer Level Optical Test

Capability

• Optical and electrical testing capabilities (Optical to Optical (O/O), Optical to Electrical(O/E)) for 200/300mm photonics wafers.
• Optical insertion loss (IL)/polarization dependent loss (PDL) spectrum sweep. Photodetector (PD) responsivity measurement*.
• Grating coupler test for various incident angles (eg. 8/10/12 deg.) with Single Mode Fiber (SMF) or multi-channel Fiber Array Unit (FAU) as optical probe.
• C-, L-, or O-band tunable laser (1240~1380nm/1490~1640nm) equipped with polarization synthesizer and multi-channel optical power meter.