Title :
Silicon photonics for optical connectivity: Small footprint with large dimensions
Author :
Aalto, Timo ; Cherchi, Matteo ; Harjanne, Mikko ; Ylinen, Sami ; Kapulainen, Markku
Author_Institution :
VTT Tech. Res. Centre of Finland Ltd., Espoo, Finland
Abstract :
Silicon photonics enables optical interconnects with high bandwidth, long reach, low power consumption and scalability to very large systems with low-cost. We show that this is also possible with low-loss micron-scale silicon waveguides.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; integrated optoelectronics; optical interconnections; optical losses; optical waveguides; silicon; Si; low-loss micron-scale silicon waveguides; optical connectivity; optical interconnects; power consumption; silicon photonics; formatting; insert; style; styling;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Interconnects Conference (OI), 2015 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-8178-6
DOI :
10.1109/OIC.2015.7115676
