Integrated silicon nanophotonics: A solution for computer interconnects

Author

Wosinski, Lech ; Wang, Zhechao

Author_Institution

R. Inst. of Technol. (KTH), Kista, Sweden

fYear

2011

fDate

26-30 June 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

To solve the processors performance limitations, new chip-to-chip and on-chip communication needs to be introduced. Optical technology will play here a crucial role. Optical links will move into the chip multiprocessors connecting tens or even hundreds of processing elements and forming a photonic network for communication between them. In this talk we will present our solutions of silicon-based CMOS-compatible optical components for the main building blocks in application to computer interconnects.

Keywords

integrated optics; nanophotonics; optical interconnections; CMOS-compatible optical components; chip multiprocessors; chip-to-chip communication; computer interconnects; integrated silicon nanophotonics; on-chip communication; optical links; photonic network; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Modulation; Optical fibers; Optical interconnections; Photonics; Silicon; Nanophotonics; optical interconnect; photonic integrated circuits; silicon integration; silicon on insulator; silicon wire waveguides;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2011 13th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Stockholm

ISSN

2161-2056

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0881-7

Electronic_ISBN

2161-2056

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2011.5971008

Filename

5971008