Integrated silicon nanophotonics: A solution for computer interconnects

To solve the processors performance limitations, new chip-to-chip and on-chip communication needs to be introduced. Optical technology will play here a crucial role. Optical links will move into the chip multiprocessors connecting tens or even hundreds of processing elements and forming a photonic network for communication between them. In this talk we will present our solutions of silicon-based CMOS-compatible optical components for the main building blocks in application to computer interconnects.