DocumentCode
2302454
Title
Low-power photonic links: Breaking the picojoule-per-bit barrier
Author
Krishnamoorthy, A.V. ; Ho, R. ; Zheng, X. ; Li, G. ; Cunningham, J.E. ; Feng, D. ; Dong, P. ; Pinguet, T. ; Mekis, A. ; Schwetman, H. ; Lexau, J. ; Patil, D. ; Liu, F. ; Koka, P. ; McCracken, M. ; Shubin, I. ; Thacker, H. ; Yao, J. ; Luo, Y. ; Raj, K. ; A
fYear
2010
fDate
7-11 Nov. 2010
Firstpage
228
Lastpage
229
Abstract
We review the potential benefits and challenges for achieving optical-interconnects to the chip via the native integration of silicon photonics components with VLSI electronics; and review the "macrochip" a collection of contiguous silicon chips enabled by optical proximity communication. We summarize recent progress towards achieving low-power photonic links for the macrochip.
Keywords
elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; optical communication equipment; optical interconnections; optical links; silicon; very high speed integrated circuits; VLSI electronics; low-power photonic links; macrochip integration; optical interconnects; optical proximity communication; picojoule-per-bit barrier; silicon photonics; optical interconnects; silicon photonics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
IEEE Photonics Society, 2010 23rd Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location
Denver, CO
ISSN
-
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-5368-9
Electronic_ISBN
-
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PHOTONICS.2010.5698842
Filename
5698842
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