Title :
Sub pJ/bit WDM silicon photonic communications for many-core computing systems
Author :
Zheng, Xuezhe ; Liu, Frankie ; Patil, Dinesh ; Lexau, Jon ; Li, Guoliang ; Luo, Ying ; Thacker, Hiren ; Shubin, Ivan ; Yao, Jin ; Raj, Kannan ; Cunningham, John E. ; Ho, Ron ; Krishnamoorthy, Ashok V.
Author_Institution :
Oracle Labs., Oracle, San Diego, CA, USA
Abstract :
We present the design of a silicon microsystem enabled by silicon photonic interconnects. We review our recent progress in developing key building blocks toward sub pJ/bit optical links for inter/intra-chip interconnects, including ultra-low power silicon photonic transceivers and WDM components with low tuning power.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; micro-optomechanical devices; optical computing; optical design techniques; optical interconnections; optical links; optical transceivers; optical tuning; silicon; wavelength division multiplexing; Si; WDM silicon photonic communications; interchip interconnects; intrachip interconnects; many-core computing systems; silicon microsystem; silicon photonic interconnects; sub pJ/bit optical links; tuning power; ultralow power silicon photonic transceivers; Multicore processing; Optical fiber communication; Optical transmitters; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Silicon; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Information Photonics (IP), 2011 ICO International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Ottawa, ON
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-315-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICO-IP.2011.5953764
