Abstract :
Summary form only given. It has become apparent, that silicon technology can provide many of the requirements for nano-photonic integration, including many of the common opto-electronic components. Intel and Luxtera have both recently announced 10 Gb/sec optical modulators, integrated into silicon. Actually, all the other customarily required opto-electronic components are available now in silicon, as well. Continuous wave optical power can be provided from off-chip, just as dc power is currently provided from off-chip. The first commercial applications are emerging, are optical 10 Gb/s Ethernet, and Infiniband, a standard for communicating among multi-processors in an array, and in general, optical substitutes for electrical cables.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; integrated optoelectronics; local area networks; nanoelectronics; optical communication; optical modulation; silicon; CMOS integrated nanophotonics; Ethernet; Infiniband; Intel; Luxtera; Si; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; continuous wave optical power; multiprocessors; optical modulators; optoelectronic components; silicon technology; CMOS technology; Communication cables; Communication standards; Ethernet networks; Integrated optics; Optical arrays; Optical modulation; Silicon;
