OPTION 1: Small-Business ERC Collaborative Opportunity for the transitioning of agile broadband transmitter for integrated access networks to market

选项 1：小型企业 ERC 合作机会，将用于集成接入网络的敏捷宽带发射机过渡到市场

• 批准号: 1347563
• 负责人: Christopher Chase
• 金额: $ 19.99万
• 依托单位: Bandwidth10 inc
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Fixed Amount Award
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-05-01 至 2015-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1347563&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: OPTION; Small; Business; ERC; Collaborative

Intellectual MeritThis Small-Business ERC Collaborative Opportunity transitioning agile broadbandtransmitter for integrated access networks to market will address the challenge of achieving highbandwidth (100+ Gb/s), low power, low cost wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) opticalcommunications links of distances up to 2 km for applications such as data centers andaggregation networks. These links are necessary for next generation data center andsupercomputing applications that are a focus of the CIAN ERC?s research.Specifically, this project will improve the lasers in these systems, which drive much ofthe cost, performance, and power requirements for the links, to meet current commercialspecifications. The tunable VCSELs offer a 10X reduction in power and cost over conventionalsolutions and enable high bandwidth links within data centers that not economically feasible withcurrent technologies.Broader ImpactsThe broader impact/commercial potential of this project is a drastic reduction in the costand energy requirements of optical links inside of data centers and supercomputers. Companiessuch as Google, Microsoft and other large data-centric companies have been clamoring for thistype of product in the last year to maintain the rate of growth in their data center facilities.Present WDM laser array solutions using DFB lasers require 10X the power and 10X the cost ofa VCSEL-based approach and are not economically feasible. Present 850-nm VCSEL-basedlinks, on the other hand, cannot be made into a WDM source without power-hungry TEC coolersdue to their lack of precise, gridded, wavelength control, limiting the overall link speed. Using a1550 nm tunable VCSEL solves both the problem of gridded wavelength control and allows theuse of low cost single mode fiber and the developed infrastructure for 1550 nm WDM opticallinks. The realization of tunable VCSELs in WDM systems will result in a 10X reduction inboth cost and energy requirements in high-speed optical links for data centers, enabling thefurther scaling of computational power for next generation data center and supercomputerapplications.Besides the technological impact, this collaboration program will offer CIAN studentsinsight and experience with the real world commercial product development process. Thestudents will be testing and giving feedback into the product development process, enhancingtheir educational experience. The enhanced capabilities of the VCSELs will enable newapplications and enhance CIAN in it?s mission of supporting transparency wherever possiblewith flexible wavelength conversion and optical switches, and supporting dynamicallyreconfigurable heterogeneous traffic in the network.

Intellectual MeritThis Small-Business ERC Collaborative Opportunity transitioning agile broadbandtransmitter for integrated access networks to market will address the challenge of achieving highbandwidth (100+ Gb/s), low power, low cost wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) opticalcommunications links of distances up to 2 km for applications such as data centers andaggregation networks.这些链接对于下一代数据中心和SuperComputing应用程序是必需的，这些应用程序是Cian ERC研究的重点。特别是，该项目将改善这些系统中的激光器，这些激光器可以驱动链接的许多成本，性能和功率要求，以满足当前的商业规范。可调节的VCSEL可降低传统上的功率和成本10倍，并在数据中心内实现高带宽链接，这些链接在经济上不可行的技术与电流技术相关。Broader影响该项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力是，该项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力降低了数据中心和超级配置器内部光学链接的成本和能源需求。与Google，Microsoft和其他以数据为中心的大型公司相关联在去年对产品Thistype的大声疾呼，以维持其数据中心设施的增长率。使用DFB激光器的Present WDM激光阵列解决方案需要10倍的功率，而10倍的功率和10倍基于VCSEL的方法是基于VCSEL的方法，并且在经济上是不可行的。另一方面，目前的850 nm基于VCSEL的链接无法在没有渴望的Tec Coolersdue的情况下将其制成WDM源，因为它们缺乏精确，网格，波长控制，从而限制了整体链路速度。使用A1550 nm可调的VCSEL解决了网格波长控制的问题，并允许使用低成本单模式光纤和开发的1550 nm WDM OpticAllinks的基础架构。 WDM系统中可调VCSEL的实现将导致数据中心的高速光学链接中的10倍降低成本和能量需求，从而使下一代数据中心的计算能力扩展能够扩展到SuperComputerations和SuperComputerApplications.besides.besides besides the技术影响，这项协作计划将为CIAN PSSIOTINGE INSIGHT和现实世界的商业产品开发提供。培训人员将测试并提供反馈产品开发过程，从而增强其教育经验。 VCSELS的增强功能将在可能与灵活的波长转换和光学开关的情况下支持透明度，并增强CIAN的任务，并在网络中支持动态征用可恢复的异质流量。