Silicon photonics for compact, energy-efficient interconnects [Invited]

Journal of Optical Networking

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-73

  Barwicz, T ^a   Byun, H ^a   Gan, F ^a   Holzwarth, C W ^a   Popovic M A ^a   Rakich, P T ^a   Watts, M R ^a   Ippen, E P ^a   Kartner F X ^a   Smith, H I ^a   Orcutt, J S ^b   Ram, R J ^b   Stojanovic, V ^b   Olubuyide, O O ^b   Hoyt, J L ^b   Spector, S ^a   Gels, M ^a   Grein, M ^a   Lyszczarz, T ^a   Yoon, J U ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); LIGHT MODULATION; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; PHOTODIODES; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

CHIP-TO-CHIP; HIGH-INDEX-CONTRAST (HIC); INTEGRATED PHOTONIC NETWORKS; ON-CHIP INTERCONNECTS;

OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS;

EID: 33847318661     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15365379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JON.6.000063     Document Type: Article

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