Title :
Photonic interconnects for chip multiprocessing architectures
Author :
Calò, Giovanna ; Petruzzelli, Vincenzo
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Elettrotec. ed Elettron., Politec. di Bari, Bari, Italy
Abstract :
In this paper, we report the results of the design and the simulation of two configurations of broadband Mach-Zehnder Switches (MZS) exploiting, respectively, two and three waveguides to be used as routers in photonic Networks on Chip (NoC). The simulations are performed by the Finite Element Method (FEM) and by the Finite Difference Beam Propagation Method (FD-BPM). These numerical models are used to obtain the relevant parameters necessary for the modelling and the simulation of the devices at the network level.
Keywords :
finite difference methods; finite element analysis; integrated circuit interconnections; network-on-chip; optical waveguides; broadband Mach-Zehnder switches; chip multiprocessing architectures; finite difference beam propagation method; finite element method; photonic interconnects; photonic networks on chip; waveguides; Numerical models; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; P-i-n diodes; Photonics; Silicon; Mach-Zehnder switches; Photonic Networks on Chip; broadband switches;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2012 14th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Coventry
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2228-7
Electronic_ISBN :
2161-2056
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2012.6253941
