• DocumentCode
    1490489
  • Title

    Scalability of Optical Interconnects Based on Microring Resonators

  • Author

    Bianco, Andrea ; Cuda, Davide ; Gaudino, Roberto ; Gavilanes, Guido ; Neri, Fabio ; Petracca, Michele

  • Author_Institution
    Politec. di Torino, Torino, Italy
  • Volume
    22
  • Issue
    15
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    1081
  • Lastpage
    1083
  • Abstract
    This letter investigates the use of optical microring resonators as switching elements (SEs) in large optical interconnection fabrics. We introduce a simple physical-layer model to assess scalability in crossbar- and Benes-based architectures. We also propose a new dilated SE that improves scalability to build fabrics of several terabits per second of aggregate capacity.
  • Keywords
    integrated optics; micro-optics; optical interconnections; optical resonators; optical switches; Benes based architecture; crossbar based architecture; optical interconnect; optical microring resonator; physical layer model; switching element; Microring resonators (MRs); optical interconnects;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPT.2010.2049834
  • Filename
    5464349
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1490489