2021-2022 OSA-RS Speaker Series: Juniyali Nauriyal, Photonect Interconnect Solutions

Optical fusion splicing for integrated photonics chips

Juniyali Nauriyal, Photonect Interconnect Solutions

Abstract

With the increasing need for higher data rates of the order of a few terabytes to zettabytes, data centers and optical transceivers companies are now migrating to integrated photonics to keep up with the data rates. However, packaging of integrated photonic devices to optical fibers remains a slow and expensive process. To keep up with the highly data-driven communication systems and with the advent of co-packaged optics, a low-cost and low-loss packaging technique that can be scaled to high volume manufacturing for photonic integrated circuits is needed. We present a packaging technique that uses fusion splicing to connect optical fibers to integrated photonics chips.

About the speaker

Juniyali Nauriyal is a co-founder of Photonect Interconnect Solutions Inc and a Ph.D. student at the University of Rochester. She is working on packaging integrated photonic devices by providing a high-performance and cost-effective solution. She is a Ph.D. student of the Electrical engineering Department at the University of Rochester. She completed her B.E. degree from Mumbai University in India in 2016 and got her MS degree from the Institute of Optics at the University of Rochester in 2018. She was awarded the Harvey M. Pollicove Memorial Scholarship in 2018 by OSA (Optical Society of America Foundation), she was also awarded the Best ISA Student Award in 2016 by ISA-Maharashtra (International Society of Automation).

LLE COVID policy

Masks are required in LLE facilities, attendees must adhere to social distancing guidelines and wear N95, KN95 or surgical masks. No cloth masks allowed.  Individuals coming to the meeting will need to fill out a COVID Health Screening questionnaire which will be given out when they arrive. Disinfectant wipes will be available for attendee use.

Pre-talk dinner 

Pre-talk dinner with guest speaker Juniyali Nauriyal will be held at 5:00 PM at King and I Cuisine of Thailand, 1455 East Henrietta Rd, Rochester NY 14623, prior to the talk. Contact the House Committee by email for dinner reservations. Email: house@osarochester.org