Title :
Electronic and photonic integrated circuits for fast data center optical circuit switches
Author :
Chen, Luo-nan ; Sohdi, A. ; Bowers, John E. ; Theogarajan, Luke ; Roth, Joseph ; Fish, Gregory
Abstract :
This article surveys recent work in optical switching technologies and presents a fast optical circuit switch that intimately integrates the control electrics at the chip level using a novel wafer-scale heterogeneous integration technique.
Keywords :
circuit switching; computer centres; integrated circuit interconnections; integrated optoelectronics; optical interconnections; photonic switching systems; wafer-scale integration; chip level; data center optical circuit switch; electronic integrated circuit; photonic integrated circuit; wafer scale heterogeneous integration technique; Data centers; Integrated optics; Optical buffering; Optical device fabrication; Optical packet switching; Optical switches; Photonics; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Journal_Title :
Communications Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MCOM.2013.6588650
