Semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA)-assisted silicon photonics interconnect

半导体光放大器 (SOA) 辅助硅光子互连

• 批准号: 508269-2017
• 负责人: LiboironLadouceur, Odile
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: McGill University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Engage Grants Program
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2017-01-01 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=639551
• 关键词: Semiconductor; optical; amplifier; SOA; assisted

This six-month project investigates cost-effective approaches in scaling the interconnection network of largecomputing platforms such as data centers supporting the internet. The demand for larger data interconnectivitybetween servers with low latency is pushing further innovation exploiting the aggregated bandwidth offered byoptical technologies. Through recent development in photonic integration, specifically silicon photonics, moreefficient optical switch matrices are seen as an important and potentially disruptive solution. The challengesremain in addressing their inherent propagation loss. The project investigates the prospect of integrating opticalamplifications onto a Silicon-on-Insulator integrated photonic switches for data centers interconnectivity. Theproject is in collaboration with an Ottawa-based startup, Rockport Networks Inc. The researchers at McGillwill leverage their significant contributions made in the last five years in the area of photonic integrated circuitsand switches to define an approach to integrate semiconductor optical amplifiers in a practical andcost-effective way. The benefits of this industrial collaboration is the assessment of a feasible solution for theirnetwork control solutions which will be further explored through a longer-term research program.

这个为期六个月的项目研究了扩展大型计算平台（例如支持互联网的数据中心）互连网络的经济有效的方法。对服务器之间更大的低延迟数据互连的需求正在推动利用光学技术提供的聚合带宽的进一步创新。通过光子集成（特别是硅光子学）的最新发展，更高效的光开关矩阵被视为一种重要且具有潜在颠覆性的解决方案。挑战仍然在于解决其固有的传播损耗。该项目研究了将光放大器集成到绝缘体上硅集成光子开关上以实现数据中心互连的前景。该项目与渥太华的一家初创公司 Rockport Networks Inc. 合作。麦吉尔大学的研究人员将利用他们过去五年在光子集成电路和开关领域做出的重大贡献，定义一种以实用且成本低廉的方式集成半导体光放大器的方法。 -有效的方法。这种工业合作的好处是评估其网络控制解决方案的可行解决方案，并将通过长期研究计划进一步探索该解决方案。