Packaging of Ultra-dynamic Photonic Switches and Transceivers for Integration into 5G Radio Access Network and Datacenter Sub-systems

We report the development of a fully non-blocking optical switch fabric, enabling a deterministic and dynamic network infrastructure. Focus is on scalable photonic integration and packaging technologies required to develop a low-cost switch fabric, including micro-transfer-printing of amplifiers, FOWLP for dense photonic-electronic integration, and optical/thermal packaging solutions on IC-substrates.