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by Roy Rubenstein, Daryl Inniss
Silicon Photonics
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Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Dedication
Preface
The Reasoning for the Book and Its Organization
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Silicon Photonics: Disruptive and Ready for Prime Time
Abstract
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Silicon Photonics: An Introduction
1.3 The Significance of Silicon Photonics
1.4 The Status of Silicon Photonics
1.5 Silicon Photonics: Market Opportunities and Industry Disruption
References
Chapter 2. Layers and the Evolution of Communications Networks
Abstract
2.1 Introduction
2.2 The Concept of Layering
2.3 The Telecom Network—Layer 4
2.4 The Data Center—Layer 3
2.5 Platforms—Layer 2
2.6 The Silicon Chip—Layer 1
2.7 Telecom and Datacom Industry Challenges
2.8 Silicon Photonics: Why the Technology Is Important for All the Layers
References
Chapter 3. The Long March to a Silicon-Photonics Union
Abstract
3.1 Moore’s Law and 50 Years of the Chip Industry
3.2 How Photonics Can Benefit Semiconductors
3.3 Silicon Photonics: From Building Blocks to Superchips
3.4 The Building Blocks of Silicon Photonics Integrated Circuits
References
Chapter 4. The Route to Market for Silicon Photonics
Abstract
4.1 The Technology Adoption Curve
4.2 A Brief History of Silicon Photonics
4.3 Four Commercial Silicon Photonics Product Case Studies
4.4 What Silicon Photonics Needs to Go Mainstream
4.5 100-Gb Market Revenues Are Insufficient for Silicon Photonics
4.6 The Silicon Photonics Ecosystem: A State-of-the-Industry Report
References
Chapter 5. Metro and Long-Haul Network Growth Demands Exponential Progress
Abstract
5.1 The Changing Nature of Telecom
5.2 Internet Businesses Have the Fastest Network Traffic Growth
5.3 The Market Should Expect Cost-per-Transmitted-Bit to Rise
5.4 Data Center Interconnect Equipment
5.5 The Role of Silicon Photonics for Data Center Interconnect
5.6 Tackling Continual Traffic Growth
5.7 Pulling It All Together
References
Chapter 6. The Data Center: A Central Cog in the Digital Economy
Abstract
6.1 Internet Content Providers Are Driving the New Economy
6.2 Cloud Computing: Another Growth Market
6.3 The Expansive Build-Out of Data Centers
6.4 Energy Consumption Poses the Greatest Data Center Challenge
6.5 Silicon Photonics Can Address Data Center Challenges
References
Chapter 7. Data Center Architectures and Opportunities for Silicon Photonics
Abstract
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Internet Content Providers Are the New Drivers of Photonics
7.3 Data Center Networking Architectures and Their Limitations
7.4 Embedding Optics to Benefit Systems
7.5 Data Center Input–Output Challenges
7.6 Adding Photonics to Ultralarge-Scale Chips
7.7 Pulling It All Together
References
Chapter 8. The Likely Course of Silicon Photonics
Abstract
8.1 Looking Back to See Ahead
8.2 The Market Opportunities for Silicon Photonics: The Present to 2026
8.3 The Great Cultural Divide
8.4 The Chip Industry Will Own Photonics
References
Appendix 1. Optical Communications Primer
A1.1 Optical Links
A1.2 Optical Component Technologies
A1.3 Attenuation Characteristics of Fiber
A1.4 Optical Modules
Appendix 2. Optical Transmission Techniques for Layer 4 Networks
A2.1 The Three Classes of Optical Channel
A2.2 Single-Carrier 100-Gb Transmission With Coherent Detection
A2.3 Improving Spectral Efficiency
A2.4 Higher-Order Modulation
A2.5 The Levers Used to Boost Transmission Capacity
Index
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