Title :
Chip and board-scale integrated Photonic Networks for next-generation computers
Author_Institution :
Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
Careful co-design between electronics and photonics is needed to fully leverage the immense bandwidth-density potential of silicon photonics. Key insights are presented, which capture the interplay between process integration, device, circuit and system design strategies.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; next generation networks; silicon; bandwidth-density potential; board-scale integrated photonic network; chip-scale integrated photonic network; next-generation computers; process integration; silicon photonics; system design strategy; Computers; Photonics; Random access memory; Sun; Throughput; Tuning; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), 2013
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0457-0