Raju Kankipati is currently SVP/GM at POET Technologies heading product management, sales, and marketing. He has over 20 years of experience in Optical transceivers, Optical components, Cloud data centers, and Optical networks at companies like Opnext (now Lumentum), Cisco, Arista and Macom. Raju received his MBA degree from UC Berkeley (Haas School of Business) and completed his Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics from BITS, Pilani in India
The use of silicon optical interposer as an integration platform enables wafer scale assembly and testing, passive attachment of lasers and other key components, and monolithic integration of elements like MUX, DMUX, and splitters/combiners. The close integration of the electronic and photonic components on a low-loss platform like the Silicon optical interposer improves RF performance, reduces power consumption, and lowers overall assembly cost. Implementation of TSVs on the Optical Interposer Engines eliminates wire bonds and brings true semiconductorization of Photonics to a reality and offers a scalable and cost-efficient solution for large-scale data centers and AI deployments.
Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) packaging is correctly redefined because of new challenges in miniaturization, efficiency and capacity demands driven by new trends, such as AI or quantum computing. This panel session aims to dissect the need for collaboration between equipment manufacturers, OSATs and their customers discussing the pivotal role of the photonic ecosystem in ensuring reliability, and optimal performance of PICs. The session will discuss the maturity, applicability and suitability for volume production of the latest advances in assembly and encapsulation techniques, efficient coupling strategies for light transmission, and the integration of PICs into diverse applications like communication networks and sensing systems.