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Silicon Turns One Wavelength into Many

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Monolithic chip generates several WDM channels.

Breck Hitz

There are many challenges to be overcome before photonic connections can replace electronic ones in computers and other equipment. Nonetheless, that replacement soon will become imperative because miniaturization is driving electronic interconnects to their limits in terms of power dissipation, latency and bandwidth. One of the bigger challenges is designing tiny photonic interconnects that take advantage of the technology’s full bandwidth potential. Figure 1. Several years ago, Princeton University scientists generated light in multiple WDM channels by broadening the output of a...Read full article

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    Published: October 2007
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