Nanophotonic Devices for Optical Interconnect

Author

Van Thourhout, Dries ; Spuesens, Thijs ; Selvaraja, Shankar Kumar ; Liu, Liu ; Roelkens, Günther ; Kumar, Rajesh ; Morthier, Geert ; Rojo-Romeo, Pedro ; Mandorlo, Fabien ; Regreny, Philippe ; Raz, Oded ; Kopp, Christophe ; Grenouillet, Laurent

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. Technol., Ghent Univ., Ghent, Belgium

Volume

16

Issue

5

fYear

2010

Firstpage

1363

Lastpage

1375

Abstract

We review recent progress in nanophotonic devices for compact optical interconnect networks. We focus on microdisk-laser-based transmitters and discuss improved design and advanced functionality including all-optical wavelength conversion and flip-flops. Next we discuss the fabrication uniformity of the passive routing circuits and their thermal tuning. Finally, we discuss the performance of a wavelength selective detector.

Keywords

flip-flops; integrated optics; microdisc lasers; nanophotonics; network routing; optical interconnections; optical logic; optical transmitters; optical wavelength conversion; thermo-optical devices; all optical wavelength conversion; fabrication uniformity; flip-flops; microdisk laser based transmitter; nanophotonic devices; network-on-chip; optical interconnect; passive routing circuits; photonic integration; thermal tuning; wavelength selective detector; Bandwidth; Circuits; Nanoscale devices; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber communication; Optical interconnections; Optical transmitters; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Flip-flop; heterogeneous integration; microdisk laser (MDL); network-on-chip; photonic integration; process uniformity; silicon-on-insulator (SOI); wavelength conversion;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1077-260X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSTQE.2010.2040711

Filename

5424011