Title :
The European ICT-BOOM project: Photonic Tb/s routers made of silicon
Author :
Stampoulidis, Leontios
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Athens, Greece
Abstract :
BOOM aims at ldquosiliconizingrdquo photonic routers to enable ultra-high bit rates as well as higher levels of integration and power efficiency. Here we present the BOOM photonic routing device concepts based on silicon waveguide substrates.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; telecommunication network routing; European ICT-BOOM project; photonic routers; power efficiency; silicon waveguide substrates; CMOS technology; Optical control; Optical crosstalk; Optical filters; Optical resonators; Optical wavelength conversion; Photonics; Routing; Silicon on insulator technology; Switches; hybrid integration; micro-ring resonators; optical signal processing; photonic routers; silicon-on-insulator; wavelength conversion;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics in Switching, 2009. PS '09. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Pisa
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3857-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3856-3
DOI :
10.1109/PS.2009.5307780
