Download or read book Active Silicon Photonic Components for Datacom Transceivers written by Maxime Jacques and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The dramatic surge of cloud-based applications, connected objects, online gaming, streaming services and global mobile data users keep driving the increase in Internet protocol (IP) traffic around the world. Global data-center IP traffic will be 20.6 zettabytes in 2021, and Cisco now estimates the world will count 3.6 networked devices per capita before 2023, compared to just 2.4 in 2018. With the deployment of the 5G network, enabling mobile live video streaming, demand for more bandwidth will continue to grow at a fast pace in the upcoming years. To cope with this data volume, their will be twice as many hyper-scale data centers in 2021 versus just 5 years before. Optical fibers and transceivers ensure data transport and electrical/optical conversion in data center networks. Among the available technologies to build transceivers, silicon photonics (SiP) has increasing traction and market shares due to the possibility of mass production at a reduced cost, and high yields. In this thesis, we study and develop active SiP components to improve the platform competitiveness and enable future 800 Gbit/s and 1.6 Tb/s optical transceivers. First, we study the impact of distortions inherent to the modulation mechanism on optical coherent transmission systems by comparing the 3 main commercial integrated platforms: lithium niobate (LN), indium phosphide and SiP. We compare the received vector diagram chirp parameter and error vector magnitude (EVM) for each modulator, and find that SiP distortions lead to a slightly worst penalty than InP compared to the LN benchmark. We also show that phase non-linearity in SiP degrades the performance of a common symbol timing recovery algorithm. These SiP impairments are found to be proportional to the modulator drive voltage relative to 2x Vpi (half-wave voltage).Second, we optimize the design of metal-based and doped-Si-based resistive thermo-optic (TOPS) phase shifters, and fabricate both on the same silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafer. Although the two designs are almost optically lossless and show similar efficiency, the doped-Si design has a significantly larger switching bandwidth, and is hence overall the most attractive and versatile. We then characterize thermal crosstalk, and find that deep trenches are the most efficient structures not requiring post-processing to mitigate heat leakage. Third, we design and demonstrate the first optical time-gate isolator based on a TW-MZM architecture fully fabricated on SOI, achieving more than 22 dB average isolation. Since the design is based on a conventional traveling-wave Mach-Zehnder modulator (TW-MZM) architecture, the isolator is optically broadband and can be entirely fabricated on SOI, unlike magneto-optic isolators. Light is completely blocked in the reverse direction at all time, at the expense of periodic amplitude modulation in the forward direction. We embed our isolator in a complete intensity modulation/direct-detection (IM/DD) transmission system, and measure a related signal-to-noise (SNR) penalty of only 0.5 dB at 13.6 Gbaud PAM-4.Then, we demonstrate the first successful transmission of net 200 Gbit/s with a single SiP MZM in a IM/DD system, using a multi-electrode MZM (ME-MZM). We discuss the driving strategies, bandwidth/Vpi and digital signal processing (DSP) trade-offs, and modulation format/symbol rate optimization enabling this result. We present the system margins with respect to driver amplitude, received power and number of taps. Finally, we design our own SiP TW-MZM, and this time achieve 212.5 Gbit/s net data rate on a single wavelength in IM/DD, using a single 2.6 Vpp driver. The MZM design has a highly competitive 8.7 GHz/V bandwidth/Vpi figure of merit. We also show net 200 Gbit/s transmission over 10 km using PAM-8 and soft-decision forward error correction (SD-FEC), and at back-to-back (B2B) using PAM-6 and regular hard-decision FEC. The minimum MZM energy consumption is only 51 fJ/bit at net 200 Gbit/s"--

Download or read book Active Silicon Photonic Devices Based on Degenerate Band Edge Resonances written by Michael G. Wood and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Electro-optically active resonant cavities are among the most fundamental building blocks of photonic integrated circuits and are integral in applications such as sensing, modulation, and light emission. In this thesis, active degenerate band edge (DBE) resonant cavities are proposed and demonstrated as an attractive topology for silicon photonic electro-optical devices. DBE resonators are a class of band edge photonic crystal resonators which feature large, distributed electric fields on resonance which enable interaction with dispersed analytes or distributed gain media. In addition, DBE resonators are notable for quality factor (Q) scaling of N5 where N is the number of periodic elements which make up the resonant cavity. This Q scaling is significantly larger than the N3 Q scaling for regular band edge cavities, leading to miniaturization of devices based on DBE resonators. Q scaling is not directly observed in other integrated optical topologies such as ring resonators or photonic crystal defect mode cavities. Electro-optically active devices based on DBE resonances are formed by the fabrication of p-i-n diodes around the optical cavity for the injection of carriers which modulate the refractive index through the plasma dispersion effect. The active DBE devices operate as optical switches with record-high DC tunability of 7 nm/V and low AC switching energy of 90 aJ/bit. The Q scaling in DBE resonators is limited by (1) propagation loss due to scattering from waveguide sidewalls and (2) disorder induced by variations in the size, shape and position of the periodic elements which make up the cavity. A study of the electron beam lithography processes used to expose the resonant cavities was carried out to reduce propagation losses and enable the measurement of N5 Q scaling. Waveguides produced with this optimized process demonstrated losses less than 3 dB/cm, compared to 10 dB/cm propagation loss for waveguides without the optimized process. Fiber-to-chip coupling losses, another significant source of passive losses in Si photonic circuits, are also reduced through the design of compact cantilever couplers. Cantilever couplers combine the bandwidth and polarization insensitivity of edge couplers with the small footprint of grating couplers. Measured compact cantilever couplers have a length of 7.5 μm and losses of less than 0.5 dB/connection for both TE and TM modes. Combining these low loss fiber-to-chip couplers with the optimized waveguides results in a total fiber-to-fiber insertion loss of less than 5 dB over a 100 nm bandwidth. A fundamental and long standing challenge in silicon photonics is the demonstration of a CMOS-compatible integrated optical light source. Ring resonators composed of hydrogenated amorphous Si (aSi:H) deposited at low temperatures show broadband photoluminescence across the 1300 – 1600 nm telecommunication window with periodic peaks in the spectrum corresponding to the resonant modes of the ring. aSi:H can be deposited with a variety of techniques and has a thermal budget within the constraints of back-end of line CMOS processing. These results indicate that aSi:H is a promising material for on-chip light emission. Electro-optically active DBE cavities composed of aSi:H are proposed and analyzed as CMOS-compatible integrated optical light sources.

Download or read book Silicon Photonics III written by Lorenzo Pavesi and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2016-01-08 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is volume III of a series of books on silicon photonics. It reports on the development of fully integrated systems where many different photonics component are integrated together to build complex circuits. This is the demonstration of the fully potentiality of silicon photonics. It contains a number of chapters written by engineers and scientists of the main companies, research centers and universities active in the field. It can be of use for all those persons interested to know the potentialities and the recent applications of silicon photonics both in microelectronics, telecommunication and consumer electronics market.

Download or read book Integrated Nanophotonics written by Peng Yu and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2023-08-14 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Helps readers understand the important advances in nanophotonics materials development and their latest applications This book introduces the current state of and emerging trends in the development of integrated nanophotonics. Written by three well-qualified authors, it systematically reviews the knowledge of integrated nanophotonics from theory to the most recent technological developments. It also covers the applications of integrated nanophotonics in essential areas such as neuromorphic computing, biosensing, and optical communications. Lastly, it brings together the latest advancements in the key principles of photonic integrated circuits, plus the recent advances in tackling the barriers in photonic integrated circuits. Sample topics included in this comprehensive resource include: Platforms for integrated nanophotonics, including lithium niobate nanophotonics, indium phosphide nanophotonics, silicon nanophotonics, and nonlinear optics for integrated photonics The devices and technologies for integrated nanophotonics in on-chip light sources, optical packaging of photonic integrated circuits, optical interconnects, and light processing devices Applications on neuromorphic computing, biosensing, LIDAR, and computing for AI and artificial neural network and deep learning Materials scientists, physicists, and physical chemists can use this book to understand the totality of cutting-edge theory, research, and applications in the field of integrated nanophotonics.

Download or read book Fundamentals of Photonics written by Bahaa E. A. Saleh and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-02-27 with total page 1520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fundamentals of Photonics A complete, thoroughly updated, full-color third edition Fundamentals of Photonics, Third Edition is a self-contained and up-to-date introductory-level textbook that thoroughly surveys this rapidly expanding area of engineering and applied physics. Featuring a blend of theory and applications, coverage includes detailed accounts of the primary theories of light, including ray optics, wave optics, electromagnetic optics, and photon optics, as well as the interaction of light and matter. Presented at increasing levels of complexity, preliminary sections build toward more advanced topics, such as Fourier optics and holography, photonic-crystal optics, guided-wave and fiber optics, LEDs and lasers, acousto-optic and electro-optic devices, nonlinear optical devices, ultrafast optics, optical interconnects and switches, and optical fiber communications. The third edition features an entirely new chapter on the optics of metals and plasmonic devices. Each chapter contains highlighted equations, exercises, problems, summaries, and selected reading lists. Examples of real systems are included to emphasize the concepts governing applications of current interest. Each of the twenty-four chapters of the second edition has been thoroughly updated.

Download or read book Optical Fiber Telecommunications VA written by Ivan Kaminow and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2010-07-28 with total page 945 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Optical Fiber Telecommunications V (A&B) is the fifth in a series that has chronicled the progress in the research and development of lightwave communications since the early 1970s. Written by active authorities from academia and industry, this edition not only brings a fresh look to many essential topics but also focuses on network management and services. Using high bandwidth in a cost-effective manner for the development of customer applications is a central theme. This book is ideal for R&D engineers and managers, optical systems implementers, university researchers and students, network operators, and the investment community. Volume (A) is devoted to components and subsystems, including: semiconductor lasers, modulators, photodetectors, integrated photonic circuits, photonic crystals, specialty fibers, polarization-mode dispersion, electronic signal processing, MEMS, nonlinear optical signal processing, and quantum information technologies. Volume (B) is devoted to systems and networks, including: advanced modulation formats, coherent systems, time-multiplexed systems, performance monitoring, reconfigurable add-drop multiplexers, Ethernet technologies, broadband access and services, metro networks, long-haul transmission, optical switching, microwave photonics, computer interconnections, and simulation tools. Biographical Sketches Ivan Kaminow retired from Bell Labs in 1996 after a 42-year career. He conducted seminal studies on electrooptic modulators and materials, Raman scattering in ferroelectrics, integrated optics, semiconductor lasers (DBR , ridge-waveguide InGaAsP and multi-frequency), birefringent optical fibers, and WDM networks. Later, he led research on WDM components (EDFAs, AWGs and fiber Fabry-Perot Filters), and on WDM local and wide area networks. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a recipient of the IEEE/OSA John Tyndall, OSA Charles Townes and IEEE/LEOS Quantum Electronics Awards. Since 2004, he has been Adjunct Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. Tingye Li retired from AT&T in 1998 after a 41-year career at Bell Labs and AT&T Labs. His seminal work on laser resonator modes is considered a classic. Since the late 1960s, He and his groups have conducted pioneering studies on lightwave technologies and systems. He led the work on amplified WDM transmission systems and championed their deployment for upgrading network capacity. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He is a recipient of the IEEE David Sarnoff Award, IEEE/OSA John Tyndall Award, OSA Ives Medal/Quinn Endowment, AT&T Science and Technology Medal, and IEEE Photonics Award. Alan Willner has worked at AT&T Bell Labs and Bellcore, and he is Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Southern California. He received the NSF Presidential Faculty Fellows Award from the White House, Packard Foundation Fellowship, NSF National Young Investigator Award, Fulbright Foundation Senior Scholar, IEEE LEOS Distinguished Lecturer, and USC University-Wide Award for Excellence in Teaching. He is a Fellow of IEEE and OSA, and he has been President of the IEEE LEOS, Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE/OSA J. of Lightwave Technology, Editor-in-Chief of Optics Letters, Co-Chair of the OSA Science & Engineering Council, and General Co-Chair of the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. For nearly three decades, the OFT series has served as the comprehensive primary resource covering progress in the science and technology of optical fiber telecom. It has been essential for the bookshelves of scientists and engineers active in the field. OFT V provides updates on considerable progress in established disciplines, as well as introductions to new topics. [OFT V]... generates a value that is even higher than that of the sum of its chapters.

Download or read book Neuromorphic Photonics written by Paul R. Prucnal and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-05-08 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book sets out to build bridges between the domains of photonic device physics and neural networks, providing a comprehensive overview of the emerging field of "neuromorphic photonics." It includes a thorough discussion of evolution of neuromorphic photonics from the advent of fiber-optic neurons to today’s state-of-the-art integrated laser neurons, which are a current focus of international research. Neuromorphic Photonics explores candidate interconnection architectures and devices for integrated neuromorphic networks, along with key functionality such as learning. It is written at a level accessible to graduate students, while also intending to serve as a comprehensive reference for experts in the field.

Download or read book Optical Fiber Telecommunications written by Alan Willner and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2019-05-15 with total page 1118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Optical Fiber Telecommunications, Volume Eleven, covers the latest in optical fiber communications and their potential to penetrate and complement other forms of communication, such as wireless access, on-premises networks, interconnects and satellites. This updated edition of this classic, first published in 1979, examines opportunities for future optical fiber technology by presenting the latest advances on key topics, such as 5G wireless access, inter and intra data center communications, THz technologies, secure communications, and free space digital optical links. Topics of note include sections on foundries for widespread user access, designing photonic integrated circuits (PICs), monolithic and hybrid integration technologies, nanophotonics, and advanced and non-conventional data modulation formats. The traditional emphasis of achieving higher data rates and longer transmission distances are also addressed through chapters on space-division-multiplexing using multimode and multicore fibers, undersea cable systems, and reconfigurable networking. This book is an indispensable reference on the latest advances in key technologies for future fiber optic communications. It is suitable for university and industry researchers, graduate students, optical systems implementers, network operators, managers and investors. Updated edition presents the latest advances in optical fiber components, systems, subsystems and networks Written by leading authorities from academia and industry Gives a self-contained overview of specific technologies, covering both the state-of-the-art and future research challenges

Download or read book Integrated Lasers on Silicon written by Charles Cornet and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2016-07-14 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Integrated Lasers on Silicon provides a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art use of lasers on silicon for photonic integration. The authors demonstrate the need for efficient laser sources on silicon, motivated by the development of on-board/on-chip optical interconnects and the different integration schemes available. The authors include detailed descriptions of Group IV-based lasers, followed by a presentation of the results obtained through the bonding approach (hybrid III-V lasers). The monolithic integration of III-V semiconductor lasers are explored, concluding with a discussion of the different kinds of cavity geometries benchmarked with respect to their potential integration on silicon in an industrial environment. Features a clear description of the advantages, drawbacks, and challenges of laser integration on silicon Serves as a staple reference in the general field of silicon photonics Focuses on the promising developments of hybrid and monolithic III-V lasers on silicon, previously unreviewed Discusses the different kinds of cavity geometries benchmarked with respect to their potential integration on silicon in an industrial environment

Download or read book Optical Fiber Telecommunications VA written by Tingye Li and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2010-07-28 with total page 945 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Optical Fiber Telecommunications V (A&B) is the fifth in a series that has chronicled the progress in the research and development of lightwave communications since the early 1970s. Written by active authorities from academia and industry, this edition not only brings a fresh look to many essential topics but also focuses on network management and services. Using high bandwidth in a cost-effective manner for the development of customer applications is a central theme. This book is ideal for R&D engineers and managers, optical systems implementers, university researchers and students, network operators, and the investment community. Volume (A) is devoted to components and subsystems, including: semiconductor lasers, modulators, photodetectors, integrated photonic circuits, photonic crystals, specialty fibers, polarization-mode dispersion, electronic signal processing, MEMS, nonlinear optical signal processing, and quantum information technologies. Volume (B) is devoted to systems and networks, including: advanced modulation formats, coherent systems, time-multiplexed systems, performance monitoring, reconfigurable add-drop multiplexers, Ethernet technologies, broadband access and services, metro networks, long-haul transmission, optical switching, microwave photonics, computer interconnections, and simulation tools. Biographical Sketches Ivan Kaminow retired from Bell Labs in 1996 after a 42-year career. He conducted seminal studies on electrooptic modulators and materials, Raman scattering in ferroelectrics, integrated optics, semiconductor lasers (DBR , ridge-waveguide InGaAsP and multi-frequency), birefringent optical fibers, and WDM networks. Later, he led research on WDM components (EDFAs, AWGs and fiber Fabry-Perot Filters), and on WDM local and wide area networks. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a recipient of the IEEE/OSA John Tyndall, OSA Charles Townes and IEEE/LEOS Quantum Electronics Awards. Since 2004, he has been Adjunct Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. Tingye Li retired from AT&T in 1998 after a 41-year career at Bell Labs and AT&T Labs. His seminal work on laser resonator modes is considered a classic. Since the late 1960s, He and his groups have conducted pioneering studies on lightwave technologies and systems. He led the work on amplified WDM transmission systems and championed their deployment for upgrading network capacity. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He is a recipient of the IEEE David Sarnoff Award, IEEE/OSA John Tyndall Award, OSA Ives Medal/Quinn Endowment, AT&T Science and Technology Medal, and IEEE Photonics Award. Alan Willner has worked at AT&T Bell Labs and Bellcore, and he is Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Southern California. He received the NSF Presidential Faculty Fellows Award from the White House, Packard Foundation Fellowship, NSF National Young Investigator Award, Fulbright Foundation Senior Scholar, IEEE LEOS Distinguished Lecturer, and USC University-Wide Award for Excellence in Teaching. He is a Fellow of IEEE and OSA, and he has been President of the IEEE LEOS, Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE/OSA J. of Lightwave Technology, Editor-in-Chief of Optics Letters, Co-Chair of the OSA Science & Engineering Council, and General Co-Chair of the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics.

Download or read book Silicon Photonics Design written by Lukas Chrostowski and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-03-12 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This hands-on introduction to silicon photonics engineering equips students with everything they need to begin creating foundry-ready designs.

Download or read book Fibre Optic Communication Devices written by Norbert Grote and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2001-01-26 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Optoelectronic devices and fibre optics are the basis of cutting-edge communication systems. This monograph deals with the various components of these systems, including lasers, amplifiers, modulators, converters, filters, sensors, and more.

Download or read book Programmable Integrated Photonics written by José Capmany and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-21 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides the first comprehensive, up-to-date and self-contained introduction to the emergent field of Programmable Integrated Photonics (PIP). It covers both theoretical and practical aspects, ranging from basic technologies and the building of photonic component blocks, to designalternatives and principles of complex programmable photonic circuits, their limiting factors, techniques for characterization and performance monitoring/control, and their salient applications both in the classical as well as in the quantum information fields. The book concentrates and focusesmainly on the distinctive features of programmable photonics, as compared to more traditional ASPIC approaches.After some years during which the Application Specific Photonic Integrated Circuit (ASPIC) paradigm completely dominated the field of integrated optics, there has been an increasing interest in PIP. The rising interest in PIP is justified by the surge in a number of emerging applications that callfor true flexibility and reconfigurability, as well as low-cost, compact, and low-power consuming devices.Programmable Integrated Photonics is a new paradigm that aims at designing common integrated optical hardware configurations, which by suitable programming, can implement a variety of functionalities. These in turn can be exploited as basic operations in many application fields. Programmabilityenables, by means of external control signals, both chip reconfiguration for multifunction operation, as well as chip stabilization against non-ideal operations due to fluctuations in environmental conditions and fabrication errors. Programming also allows for the activation of parts of the chip,which are not essential for the implementation of a given functionality, but can be of help in reducing noise levels through the diversion of undesired reflections.

Download or read book Harnessing Light written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1998-09-25 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Optical science and engineering affect almost every aspect of our lives. Millions of miles of optical fiber carry voice and data signals around the world. Lasers are used in surgery of the retina, kidneys, and heart. New high-efficiency light sources promise dramatic reductions in electricity consumption. Night-vision equipment and satellite surveillance are changing how wars are fought. Industry uses optical methods in everything from the production of computer chips to the construction of tunnels. Harnessing Light surveys this multitude of applications, as well as the status of the optics industry and of research and education in optics, and identifies actions that could enhance the field's contributions to society and facilitate its continued technical development.

Download or read book Bio and Nano Packaging Techniques for Electron Devices written by Gerald Gerlach and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-07-16 with total page 619 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses future trends and developments in electron device packaging and the opportunities of nano and bio techniques as future solutions. It describes the effect of nano-sized particles and cell-based approaches for packaging solutions with their diverse requirements. It offers a comprehensive overview of nano particles and nano composites and their application as packaging functions in electron devices. The importance and challenges of three-dimensional design and computer modeling in nano packaging is discussed; also ways for implementation are described. Solutions for unconventional packaging solutions for metallizations and functionalized surfaces as well as new packaging technologies with high potential for industrial applications are discussed. The book brings together a comprehensive overview of nano scale components and systems comprising electronic, mechanical and optical structures and serves as important reference for industrial and academic researchers.

Download or read book Fiber Optic Measurement Techniques written by Rongqing Hui and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2022-11-18 with total page 846 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fiber Optic Measurement Techniques is an indispensable collection of key optical measurement techniques essential for developing and characterizing today’s photonic devices and fiber optic systems. The book gives comprehensive and systematic descriptions of various fiber optic measurement methods with the emphasis on the understanding of optoelectronic signal processing methodologies, helping the reader to weigh up the pros and cons of each technique and establish their suitability for the task at hand. Carefully balancing descriptions of principle, operations and optoelectronic circuit implementation, this indispensable resource will enable the engineer to: Understand the implications of various measurement results and system performance qualifications Characterize modern optical systems and devices Select optical devices and subsystems in optical network design and implementation Design innovative instrumentations for fiber optic systems The 2nd edition of this successful reference has been extensively updated (with 150 new pages) to reflect the advances in the field since publication in 2008 and includes: A new chapter on fiber-based optical sensors and spectroscopy techniques A new chapter on measurement uncertainty and error analysis Fiber Optic Measurement Techniques brings together in one volume the fundamental principles with the latest techniques, making it a complete resource for the optical and communications engineer developing future optical devices and fiber optic systems. The only book to combine explanations of the basic principles with latest techniques to enable the engineer to develop photonic systems of the future Careful and systematic presentation of measurement methods to help engineers to choose the most appropriate for their application The latest methods covered, such as real-time optical monitoring and phase coded systems and subsystems, making this the most up-to-date guide to fiber optic measurement

Download or read book Optical Interconnects for Data Centers written by Tolga Tekin and published by Woodhead Publishing. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Current data centre networks, based on electronic packet switches, are experiencing an exponential increase in network traffic due to developments such as cloud computing. Optical interconnects have emerged as a promising alternative offering high throughput and reduced power consumption. Optical Interconnects for Data Centers reviews key developments in the use of optical interconnects in data centres and the current state of the art in transforming this technology into a reality. The book discusses developments in optical materials and components (such as single and multi-mode waveguides), circuit boards and ways the technology can be deployed in data centres. Optical Interconnects for Data Centers is a key reference text for electronics designers, optical engineers, communications engineers and R&D managers working in the communications and electronics industries as well as postgraduate researchers. Summarizes the state-of-the-art in this emerging field Presents a comprehensive review of all the key aspects of deploying optical interconnects in data centers, from materials and components, to circuit boards and methods for integration Contains contributions that are drawn from leading international experts on the topic