High-performance modulators and switches for silicon photonic networks-on-chip

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 6-22

  Lee, Benjamin G ^a   Biberman, Aleksandr ^b   Chan, Johnnie ^b   Bergman, Keren ^b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Charge injection devices; Circuit switching; Computer networks; Multiprocessor interconnection; Optical resonators; Photonic switching systems; Supercomputers

Indexed keywords

CHARGE INJECTION DEVICE; CIRCUIT SWITCHING; MULTIPROCESSOR INTERCONNECTION; MULTIPROCESSOR INTERCONNECTIONS; PHOTONIC SWITCHING SYSTEMS;

BANDWIDTH; CHARGE TRANSFER DEVICES; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; INTERNET; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; MODULATORS; MULTIPROCESSING SYSTEMS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; PHOTONICS; SUPERCOMPUTERS; SWITCHING; SWITCHING SYSTEMS; VLSI CIRCUITS;

PHOTONIC DEVICES;

EID: 76949086462     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2009.2028437     Document Type: Article

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