Title :
Towards a centralized controller for silicon photonic MZI-based interconnects
Author :
Fei Lou ; Fard, Monireh Moayedi Pour ; Peicheng Liao ; Shafiq Hai, Md ; Priti, Rubana ; Yourui Huangfu ; Chen Qiu ; Qinfen Hao ; Zhulin Wei ; Liboiron-Ladouceur, Odile
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada
Abstract :
An FPGA-based centralized controller for a low-port 4×4 SiP multi-stage MZI-based switch is experimentally investigated with 10 Gb/s payload data. Packet contention resolutions and scheduling latencies are studied.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; centralised control; elemental semiconductors; field programmable gate arrays; optical interconnections; packet switching; photonic switching systems; silicon; telecommunication scheduling; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; centralized controller; multistage MZI-based switch; packet contention resolution; packet scheduling latency; silicon photonic MZI-based interconnect;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Interconnects Conference (OI), 2015 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-8178-6
DOI :
10.1109/OIC.2015.7115728
