光通信对高带宽要求的不断增强以及计算机芯片对高性能计算的不断需求刺激了硅基光子器件的发展,使之向集成化、低成本方向发展,并取得了一系列重要的理论和技术突破。综述了近期硅光子器件如硅基光源、放大器、光调制器的最新研究进展,并对现有技术在未来光陀螺及光通信中的应用进行了分析和设计.设计了一种三维有源谐振环结构以实现全集成化的谐振式光波导陀螺,展示了硅基光子器件在光陀螺及光通信应用等方面的广阔前景。

Stimulated by the ever-increasing demands of wide-bandwidth in optical communication and high-performance computing in microprocessor, silicon photonic devices are entering into the integrated and low-cost trend, and series of significant breakthrough both in theory and technology are achieved. Recent progress in the development of these photonic devices such as silicon laser, amplifier and modulator are reviewed, and their applications in optical gyroscope and optical communication are analyzed and designed. A three-dimension active resonator is designed to achieve the intergrated resonance optical gyroscope. The outlook and potential applications of these devices in future optical gyroscope and optical communication systems are presented.