Title :
Chip-to-chip plasmonic interconnects and the activities of EU project NAVOLCHI
Author :
Melikyan, Argishti ; Sommer, Martin ; Muslija, A. ; Kohl, Michael ; Muehlbrandt, S. ; Mishra, Anadi ; Calzadilla, Victor ; Justo, Yolanda ; Martinez-Pastor, J.P. ; Tomkos, I. ; Scandurra, Antonino ; Van Thourhout, Dries ; Hens, Zeger ; Smit, Meint ; Freud
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Photonics & Quantum Electron., Karlsruhe Inst. of Technol., Karlsruhe, Germany
Abstract :
In this paper, the chip-to-chip interconnection architecture adopted by the EU-project NAVOLCHI are discussed. The plasmonic physical layer consisting of a plasmonic nanoscale laser, a modulator, an amplifier and a detector is introduced. Current statuses of the plasmonic devices are reviewed.
Keywords :
amplifiers; integrated circuit interconnections; lasers; modulators; optical interconnections; plasmonics; sensors; EU project; NAVOLCHI; amplifier; chip-to-chip plasmonic interconnects; detector; modulator; plasmonic nanoscale laser; plasmonic physical layer; Indium tin oxide; Modulation; Optical interconnections; Photonics; Plasmons; Silicon; Transceivers; NAVOLCHI; Si plasmonic transceiver; plasmonic interconnects;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2012 14th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Coventry
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2228-7
Electronic_ISBN :
2161-2056
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2012.6254466
