Title :
Scalability of Optical Interconnects Based on Microring Resonators
Author :
Bianco, Andrea ; Cuda, Davide ; Gaudino, Roberto ; Gavilanes, Guido ; Neri, Fabio ; Petracca, Michele
Author_Institution :
Politec. di Torino, Torino, Italy
Abstract :
This letter investigates the use of optical microring resonators as switching elements (SEs) in large optical interconnection fabrics. We introduce a simple physical-layer model to assess scalability in crossbar- and Benes-based architectures. We also propose a new dilated SE that improves scalability to build fabrics of several terabits per second of aggregate capacity.
Keywords :
integrated optics; micro-optics; optical interconnections; optical resonators; optical switches; Benes based architecture; crossbar based architecture; optical interconnect; optical microring resonator; physical layer model; switching element; Microring resonators (MRs); optical interconnects;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2010.2049834
