Title :
On-chip guided-wave optical interconnects using multiple quantum well modulators
Author :
Gu, Tian ; Nair, Rohit ; Haney, Michael W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA
Abstract :
Novel guided-wave optical interconnect fabrics providing minimum footprints for MQW modulators-based systems are introduced, enabling high-density and low-power photonic links, to prevent performance saturation in microprocessors at the chip-level.
Keywords :
integrated optics; microprocessor chips; modulators; optical interconnections; optical waveguides; quantum well devices; MQW modulators; guided-wave optical interconnect fabrics; low-power photonic links; microprocessors; multiple quantum well modulators; on-chip guided-wave optical interconnects; Couplings; Modulation; Optical interconnections; Optical reflection; Optical waveguides; Quantum well devices; Optical Interconnects; Photonic Integrated Circuits;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8940-4
DOI :
10.1109/PHO.2011.6110568
