Sub pJ/bit WDM silicon photonic communications for many-core computing systems

We present the design of a silicon microsystem enabled by silicon photonic interconnects. We review our recent progress in developing key building blocks toward sub pJ/bit optical links for inter/intra-chip interconnects, including ultra-low power silicon photonic transceivers and WDM components with low tuning power.

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