Semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA)-assisted silicon photonics interconnect

这个为期六个月的项目调查了在扩展大型计算机平台(如支持互联网的数据中心)的互连网络方面具有成本效益的方法。对低延迟服务器之间更大数据互连的需求正在推动进一步的创新，利用光纤技术提供的聚合带宽。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重要的和潜在的颠覆性解决方案。在解决其固有的传播损耗方面仍然存在挑战。该项目研究了将光放大集成到用于数据中心互联的绝缘体上硅集成光子交换机的前景。该项目是与总部位于渥太华的初创公司Rockport Networks Inc.合作进行的。McGiller的研究人员将利用他们在过去五年中在光子集成电路和开关领域做出的重大贡献，定义一种以实用和成本效益的方式集成半导体光放大器的方法。这种行业合作的好处是评估他们的网络控制解决方案的可行解决方案，这将通过更长期的研究计划进一步探索。

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.