• DocumentCode
    1779080
  • Title

    LaC: Integrating laser control in a photonic interconnect

  • Author

    Demir, Yigit ; Hardavellas, Nikos

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    12-16 Oct. 2014
  • Firstpage
    28
  • Lastpage
    29
  • Abstract
    Silicon photonics are an attractive technology for global interconnects in manycore processors. However, they come with significant laser power consumption. Turning off underutilized portions of the interconnect can save 62-92% of the laser power.
  • Keywords
    elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; laser beam applications; optical interconnections; silicon; Si; integrating laser control; laser power consumption; manycore processors; photonic interconnect; silicon photonics; Delays; Laser theory; Photonics; Program processors; Semiconductor lasers; Waveguide lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (IPC), 2014 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPCon.2014.6995193
  • Filename
    6995193
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1779080