Title :
Performance guidelines for WDM interconnects based on silicon microring resonators
Author :
Preston, Kyle ; Sherwood-Droz, Nicolás ; Levy, Jacob S. ; Lipson, Michal
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
We derive fundamental performance tradeoffs that determine bandwidth and optical power budget in large-scale WDM links or networks utilizing silicon microresonators. Bandwidth per waveguide scales to >;1THz, but nonlinearities limit optical power to milliwatt levels.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; micro-optomechanical devices; micromechanical resonators; nonlinear optics; optical interconnections; optical links; optical resonators; optical waveguides; silicon; wavelength division multiplexing; Si; WDM interconnects; bandwidth determination; large-scale WDM links; nonlinear optics; optical power budget; optical waveguide; silicon microresonators; silicon microring resonators; Crosstalk; Nonlinear optics; Optical crosstalk; Optical filters; Optical resonators; Silicon; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
