BER evaluation of a low-crosstalk silicon integrated multi-microring network-on-chip

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2015

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Citation of Original Publication

Fabrizio Gambini, Stefano Faralli, Paolo Pintus, Nicola Andriolli, and Isabella Cerutti, "BER evaluation of a low-crosstalk silicon integrated multi-microring network-on-chip," Opt. Express 23, 17169-17178 (2015)

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Abstract

The operation of an integrated silicon-photonics multi-microring network-on-chip (NoC) is experimentally demonstrated in terms of transmission spectra and bit error rates at 10 Gb/s. The integrated NoC consists of 8 thermally tuned microrings coupled to a central ring. The switching functionalities are tested with concurrent transmissions at both the same and different wavelengths. Experimental results validate the analytical model based on the transfer matrix method. BER measurements show performance up to 10−9 at 10 Gb/s with limited cro