Title :
Low power consumption operation of light sources for inter-chip optical interconnects
Author :
Hatori, Nobuaki ; Shimizu, Tsuyoshi ; Okano, Makoto ; Ishizaka, Masashige ; Yamamoto, Takayuki ; Urino, Yutaka ; Mori, Marco ; Nakamura, T. ; Arakawa, Yasuhiko
Author_Institution :
Photonics Electron. Technol. Res. Assoc., Tsukuba, Japan
Abstract :
In this work, we present a multi-channel configuration for the low power consumption operation of light sources on a silicon substrate in a photonics-electronics convergence system. We simulated the power consumed by the entire system with a focus on the characteristics of a laser diode used as a light source and the total loss of the system. Simulation results showed that lower power consumption per channel can be achieved with a single-LD multi-channel branching configuration. We found that using a hybrid integrated light source on a Si substrate with this branching configuration is suitable for photonics-electronics convergence systems.
Keywords :
integrated optoelectronics; light sources; low-power electronics; optical interconnections; semiconductor lasers; silicon; Si; hybrid integrated light source; inter-chip optical interconnects; laser diode characteristics; low power consumption operation; multichannel configuration; photonics-electronics convergence system; silicon substrate; single-LD multichannel branching configuration; Indium phosphide; hybrid integrated light sources; inter-chip optical interconnects; light sources on Si substrate; silicon photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Indium Phosphide and Related Materials (IPRM), 2013 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kobe
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-6130-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8669
DOI :
10.1109/ICIPRM.2013.6562593
