Optical interconnects finally seeing the light in silicon photonics: Past the hype

H Mekawey, M Elsayed, Y Ismail, MA Swillam - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Electrical interconnects are becoming a bottleneck in the way towards meeting future
performance requirements of integrated circuits. Moore's law, which observes the doubling …

Single-chip microprocessor that communicates directly using light

C Sun, MT Wade, Y Lee, JS Orcutt, L Alloatti… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
Data transport across short electrical wires is limited by both bandwidth and power density,
which creates a performance bottleneck for semiconductor microchips in modern computer …

Chip and package-scale interconnects for general-purpose, domain-specific and quantum computing systems-overview, challenges and opportunities

A Das, M Palesi, J Kim… - IEEE Journal on Emerging …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The anticipated end of Moore's law, coupled with the breakdown of Dennard scaling,
compelled everyone to conceive forthcoming computing systems once transistors reach their …

Silicon-waveguide-integrated carbon nanotube optoelectronic system on a single chip

Z Ma, L Yang, L Liu, S Wang, LM Peng - ACS nano, 2020 - ACS Publications
Monolithic optoelectronic integration based on a single material is a major pursuit in the
fields of nanophotonics and nanoelectronics in order to meet the requirements of future fiber …

Packaging optoelectronic components and CMOS circuitry using silicon-on-insulator substrates for photonics applications

RA Budd, M Meghelli, JS Orcutt… - US Patent 9,786,641, 2017 - Google Patents
Package structures and methods are provided to integrate optoelectronic and CMOS
devices using SOI semiconductor substrates for photonics applications. For example, a pack …

Silicon photonic switch fabrics in computer communications systems

BG Lee, N Dupuis, P Pepeljugoski… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We discuss silicon photonic switch fabric designs that target data-intensive computing
networks, reviewing recent results, and projecting future performance goals. We analyze the …

High speed plasmonic modulator array enabling dense optical interconnect solutions

W Heni, C Hoessbacher, C Haffner, Y Fedoryshyn… - Optics express, 2015 - opg.optica.org
Plasmonic modulators might pave the way for a new generation of compact low-power high-
speed optoelectronic devices. We introduce an extremely compact transmitter based on …

Demonstration of a high extinction ratio monolithic CMOS integrated nanophotonic transmitter and 16 Gb/s optical link

DM Gill, JE Proesel, C **ong, JS Orcutt… - IEEE Journal of …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a 16-Gb/s transmitter composed of a stacked voltage-mode CMOS driver and
periodic-loaded reverse biased pn junction Mach-Zehnder modulator. The transmitter shows …

A WDM 4× 28Gbps integrated silicon photonic transmitter driven by 32nm CMOS driver ICs

A Ramaswamy, JE Roth, EJ Norberg… - Optical Fiber …, 2015 - opg.optica.org
A WDM 4x28Gbps Integrated Silicon Photonic Transmitter driven by 32nm CMOS driver ICs
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Silicon-based SERS substrates fabricated by Electroless etching

MY Elsayed, AM Gouda, Y Ismail… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Surface enhanced Raman scattering has recently been proposed as a label free sensing
method for diagnostic applications. Raman scattering is an excellent analysis tool because a …