On-chip optical interconnect roadmap: Challenges and critical directions

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1699-1704

  Haurylau, Mikhail ^a,b   Chen, Guoqing ^b   Chen, Hui ^b   Zhang, Jidong ^b   Nelson, Nicholas A ^a,b   Albonesi, David H ^a,c   Friedman, Eby G ^a,b   Fauchet, Philippe M ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b University of Rochester   (United States)

^c Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

Integrated optoelectronic circuits; Optical interconnects (ICs); Optoelectronics; Silicon photonics

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION BOTTLENECK; COPPER ELECTRICAL INTERCONNECTS; SILICON PHOTONICS;

CONGESTION CONTROL (COMMUNICATION); INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS;

EID: 33845665708     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2006.880615     Document Type: Article

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