Title :
Ultra-low power arrayed CMOS silicon photonic transceivers for an 80 Gbps WDM optical link
Author :
Zheng, Xuezhe ; Liu, Frankie ; Lexau, Jon ; Patil, Dinesh ; Li, Guoliang ; Luo, Ying ; Thacker, Hiren ; Shubin, Ivan ; Yao, Jin ; Raj, Kannan ; Ho, Ron ; Cunningham, John E. ; Krishnamoorthy, Ashok V.
Author_Institution :
Oracle Labs., Oracle, San Diego, CA, USA
Abstract :
We report an ultra-low power 80 Gbps arrayed silicon photonic transceiver for dense, large bandwidth inter/intra-chip interconnects. The hybrid CMOS transceiver consists of eight 10 Gbps WDM channels with total consumed power below 6 mW/channel.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; optical links; optical transceivers; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM channel; WDM optical link; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; bit rate 80 Gbit/s; ultra low power arrayed CMOS silicon photonic transceiver; Arrays; Optical transmitters; Photonics; Receivers; Silicon; Transceivers; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0213-6
