• DocumentCode
    2237221
  • Title

    Performance guidelines for WDM interconnects based on silicon microring resonators

  • Author

    Preston, Kyle ; Sherwood-Droz, Nicolás ; Levy, Jacob S. ; Lipson, Michal

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We derive fundamental performance tradeoffs that determine bandwidth and optical power budget in large-scale WDM links or networks utilizing silicon microresonators. Bandwidth per waveguide scales to >;1THz, but nonlinearities limit optical power to milliwatt levels.
  • Keywords
    elemental semiconductors; micro-optomechanical devices; micromechanical resonators; nonlinear optics; optical interconnections; optical links; optical resonators; optical waveguides; silicon; wavelength division multiplexing; Si; WDM interconnects; bandwidth determination; large-scale WDM links; nonlinear optics; optical power budget; optical waveguide; silicon microresonators; silicon microring resonators; Crosstalk; Nonlinear optics; Optical crosstalk; Optical filters; Optical resonators; Silicon; Wavelength division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5950503
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2237221