Abstract

In this paper, an architecture for an integrated low-power, high-bandwidth optical interconnection network based on microring resonator technology is presented. This network with a novel 4×4 non-blocking switch element is designed based on ring-resonator building blocks and leverage the increased functionality of the switching node to develop the non-blocking network architecture strictly. The layout of the non-blocking network is described and a simulation-based performance evaluation of the proposed network architecture under various traffic conditions is conducted.

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