Title :
Silicon integrated electronic-photonic ICs
Author :
Lo, Patrick ; Kwong, Dim-Lee
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Microelectron., A*STAR, Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
Copper interconnect is unlikely to be the ultimate solution to support the growing functionalities of next generation microprocessor due to its information latency and power consumption. Converging EPIC on a single chip platform to enable functional diversification emerges as one promising approach to be realized by taking the advantage of low energy and huge data capacity of optical interconnects. In this presentation, we present an overview on the current status of this critical technology development and provide an outlook and strategies for the integration of Si micro- and nano-photonics to meet the bandwidth and energy requirements of data communication in future technology nodes.
Keywords :
integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; micro-optics; nanophotonics; optical interconnections; silicon; Si; copper interconnect; data capacity; data communication; functional diversification; information latency; integrated electronic-photonic IC; microphotonics; microprocessor; nanophotonics; optical interconnects; power consumption; single chip platform; Optical device fabrication; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical ring resonators; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics (OPT MEMS), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Sapporo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8926-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8925-1
DOI :
10.1109/OMEMS.2010.5672189
