Title :
Transparent, Low Power Optical WDM Interface for Off-Chip Interconnects
Author :
Liboiron-Ladouceur, Odile ; Wang, Howard ; Bergman, Keren
Author_Institution :
Columbia Univ., New York
Abstract :
We demonstrate a scalable WDM optical interface with 70% improvement in static power efficiency for off-chip interconnects. Serial 40 Bytes packet streams are transparently mapped onto a WDM optical signal with a measured power penalty of 1.5 dB.
Keywords :
low-power electronics; optical interconnections; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM optical interface; low power electronics; off-chip interconnects; serial packet streams; static power efficiency; transparent mapping; Bandwidth; High speed optical techniques; Optical fiber communication; Optical films; Optical filters; Optical interconnections; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2007. LEOS 2007. The 20th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Lake Buena Vista, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0925-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2007.4382589
