Optical interconnects using plasmonics and Si-photonics

IEEE Photonics Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 296-301

  Pleros, Nikos ^a   Kriezis, Emmanouil E ^a   Vyrsokinos, Konstantinos ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES INSTITUTE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Optical interconnects; optical routing; plasmonics; silicon photonics

Indexed keywords

HIGH-THROUGHPUT; INTERCONNECT APPLICATIONS; ON CHIPS; OPTICAL ROUTING; PLASMONIC; PLASMONIC COUPLING; PLASMONICS; ROUTER ARCHITECTURE; SILICON PHOTONICS; THERMOOPTICS;

INTEGRATED OPTICS; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; PHOTONIC DEVICES; PHOTONICS;

PLASMONS;

EID: 79955586919     PISSN: 19430655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2011.2127470     Document Type: Article

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