Device requirements for optical interconnects to silicon chips

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1166-1185

  Miller, David A B ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

International technology roadmap for semiconductors (itrs) roadmap; Optical interconnections; Optical modulators

Indexed keywords

CLOCKS; GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT MODULATORS; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; SILICON; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

CURRENT PERFORMANCE; FREE SPACE OPTICS; HIGHPERFORMANCE; INTERCONNECT CAPACITY; INTERCONNECT DENSITIES; OPTICAL OUTPUT; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; ROADMAP;

INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INTERCONNECTS;

EID: 67449128189     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2009.2014298     Document Type: Article

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