Photonic interconnects for chip multiprocessing architectures

Author

Calò, Giovanna ; Petruzzelli, Vincenzo

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Elettrotec. ed Elettron., Politec. di Bari, Bari, Italy

fYear

2012

fDate

2-5 July 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In this paper, we report the results of the design and the simulation of two configurations of broadband Mach-Zehnder Switches (MZS) exploiting, respectively, two and three waveguides to be used as routers in photonic Networks on Chip (NoC). The simulations are performed by the Finite Element Method (FEM) and by the Finite Difference Beam Propagation Method (FD-BPM). These numerical models are used to obtain the relevant parameters necessary for the modelling and the simulation of the devices at the network level.

Keywords

finite difference methods; finite element analysis; integrated circuit interconnections; network-on-chip; optical waveguides; broadband Mach-Zehnder switches; chip multiprocessing architectures; finite difference beam propagation method; finite element method; photonic interconnects; photonic networks on chip; waveguides; Numerical models; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; P-i-n diodes; Photonics; Silicon; Mach-Zehnder switches; Photonic Networks on Chip; broadband switches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2012 14th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Coventry

ISSN

2161-2056

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2228-7

Electronic_ISBN

2161-2056

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2012.6253941

Filename

6253941