Special issue devoted to the memory of academician A M Prokhorov

Silicon-based optical integrated circuits for terabit communication networks

K. K. Svidzinsky

Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Abstract: A brief review is presented of the development of silicon-based optical integrated circuits used as components in modern all-optical communication networks with the terabit-per-second transmission capacity. The designs and technologies for manufacturing these circuits are described and the problems related to their development and application in WDM communication systems are considered.

PACS: 42.82.Bq, 42.82.Et, 42.79.Sz

Received: 30.04.2003

 English version: Quantum Electronics, 2003, 33:8, 699–703

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