超紧和大带宽调制器在一个CMOS兼容的造厂
Hua Zhong1, Jingchi Li1, Yu He1
1State Key Laboratory of Photonics and Communications, School of Information Science and Electronic Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Nature communications
|December 18, 2025
概括
研究人员开发了一种新的调制器,用于光学互连的慢光效应. 这一突破在紧的尺寸中实现了高带宽,为数据中心提供了节能解决方案.
科学领域:
- 光子学是指光子学的使用方法.
- 光学工程是指光学工程.
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
背景情况:
- 全球数据流量的指数式增长需要先进的数据中心解决方案.
- 传统的电光调制器在带宽和足迹的权衡中扎,限制了光学互连的性能.
- 光子互连对于克服现代计算中的带宽限制至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了展示一种克服光学互连中带宽-足迹权衡的调节器.
- 为了利用慢光效应提高调制器性能.
- 为数据中心实现高速和节能数据传输.
主要方法:
- 使用光子晶体纳米束腔制造调节器.
- 利用慢光效应来增强电光调制.
- 调制器的带宽,足迹,调效率和能源消耗的表征.
主要成果:
- 实现了110GHz的电光带宽,具有10μm2的超紧足迹.
- 在0.12μm3模式体积中,证明了精确的光操纵,80 pm/V调节效率.
- 成功传输了110Gbps和130Gbps非返回零信号,在5.9 fJ/bit功耗下具有低位错误率.
结论:
- 展示的调制器克服了光子互连中的关键带宽-足迹权衡.
- 该设备提供了超高的能效,为下一代光学互连铺平了道路.
- 这项技术对于开发超紧,高速和节能数据中心至关重要.
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