Abstract

The optical interconnect is advantageous when the clock speed in the LSI becomes faster and faster since it is immune from the RC time delay and the power consumption in electrical wiring. Recently optical interconnections have been introduced in modern supercomputers because of their high-speed signal transmission capability with low-power-consumption. In order to introduce optical interconnects into the LSI chip level, optical links with extremely low-power-consumption operation are required.

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