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Energy-Efficient Multi-Terabit/s Photonic Interconnects

Objective

The rapid growth of data traffic requires radically new approaches for high-speed data transmission to increase the bandwidth and power efficiency by orders of magnitude. The proposed research aims at novel system and device concepts for low-energy high-capacity optical interconnects in data centers. Data rates of 10 Tbit/s and beyond are envisaged by coherent multicarrier transmission. Parametric frequency conversion in high-Q Kerr-nonlinear resonators will be used to generate broadband combs of frequency-locked optical carriers. Integrated silicon photonic systems will allow for power-efficient multichannel modulation and detection. Novel reconfigurable optical signal processors will avoid excessive digital post-processing and hence reduce overall energy consumption.

Call for proposal

ERC-2011-StG_20101014
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Host institution

KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FUER TECHNOLOGIE
EU contribution
€ 1 498 800,00
Address
KAISERSTRASSE 12
76131 Karlsruhe
Germany

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Region
Baden-Württemberg Karlsruhe Karlsruhe, Stadtkreis
Activity type
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Principal investigator
Christian Gunter Koos (Prof.)
Administrative Contact
Berndt Kronimus (Dr.)
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