简介:AsinglemodehybridⅢ-Ⅴ/siliconon-chiplaserbasedontheflip-chipbondingtechnologyforon-chipopticalinterconnectionisdemonstrated.AsinglemodeFabry-Perotlaserstructurewithmicro-structuresonanInPridgewaveguideisdesignedandfabricatedonanInP/AlGaInAsmultiplequantumwellepitaxiallayerstructurewaferbyusingi-linelithography.Then,asiliconwaveguideplatformincludingalasermountingstageisdesignedandfabricatedonasilicon-on-insulatorsubstrate.Thesinglemodelaserisflip-chipbondedonthelasermountingstage.Thelasinglightisbutt-couplingtothesiliconwaveguide.Thelaserpoweroutputfromasiliconwaveguideis1.3mW,andthethresholdis37mAatroomtemperatureandcontinuouswaveoperation.
简介:Thetrafficbufferingproblemsintheethernetoversynchronousdigitalhierarchy(EOS)areintroducedandanalyzed.Differentsolutionsarealsopresentedindetail.SynchronousDRAM(SDRAM)isusedasoff-chipbuffertostore-and-retransmissionethernetframes.Anewandeasycontroldesignisintroducedhere.Thebufferareasizeonchipisgreatlyreducedandthepowerdissipationislowedatthesametime.
简介:Thenetworks-on-chip(NoC)communicationhasanincreasinglylargerimpactonthesystempowerconsumptionandperformance.Emergingtechnologies,likesurfacewave,arebelievedtohavelowertransmissionlatencyandpowerconsumptionovertheconventionalwirelessNoC.Therefore,thispaperstudieshowtooptimizethenetworkperformanceandpowerconsumptionbygivingthepacket-switchingfabricandtrafficpatternofeachapplication.Comparedwiththeconventionalmethodofwire-linked,whichaddswirelesstransceiversbyusingthegeneticalgorithm(GA),theproposedmaximaldecliningsortingalgorithm(MDSA)caneffectivelyreducetimeconsumptionbyasmuchas20.4%to35.6%.Wealsoevaluatethepowerconsumptionandconfigurationtimetoprovetheeffectiveoftheproposedalgorithm.
简介:Thequestforenergyefficiencyhasgrowingimportanceinhighperformancemany-coresystems.However,incurrentpractices,thepowerslacks,whicharethedifferencesobservedbetweentheinputpowerbudgetandtheactualpowerconsumedinthemany-coresystems,aretypicallyignored,thusleadingtopoorenergyefficiency.Inthispaper,weproposeaschemetoeffectivelypowertheon-chipcommunicationsbyexploitingtheavailablepowerslackthatistotallywastedincurrentmany-coresystems.Asso,thedemandforextraenergyfromexternalpowersources(e.g.,batteries)isminimized,whichhelpsimprovetheoverallenergyefficiency.Inessence,thepowerslackisstoredateachnodeandtheproposedroutingalgorithmusesadynamicprogrammingnetworktofindthegloballyoptimalpath,alongwhichthetotalenergystoredonthenodesisthemaximum.Experimentalresultshaveconfirmedthattheproposedscheme,withlowhardwareoverhead,canreducelatencyandextraenergyconsumptionby44%and48%,respectively,comparedwiththetwocompetingroutingmethods.IndexTerms?Adaptiverouting,dynamic
简介:Modulatingboththeclockfrequencyandsupplyvoltageofthenetwork-on-chip(NoC)duringruntimecanreducethepowerconsumptionandheatflux,butwillleadtotheincreaseofthelatencyofNoC.Itisnecessarytofindatradeoffbetweenpowerconsumptionandcommunicationlatency.Soweproposeananalyticallatencymodelwhichcanshowustherelationshipofthem.TheproposedmodeltoanalyzelatencyisbasedontheM/G/1queuingmodel,whichissuitablefordynamicfrequencyscaling.Theexperimentresultsshowthattheaccuracyofthismodelismorethan90%.
简介:Reflectorsareanessentialcomponentforon-chipintegratedphotonics.Here,weproposeanewmethodfordesigningreflectorsontheprevalentthin-film-on-insulatorplatformbyusinggenetic-algorithmoptimization.Insimulation,thedesignedreflectorwithafootprintofonly2.16μm×2.16μmcanachieve~97%reflectivityand1dBbandwidthaswideas220nm.Thestructureiscomposedofrandomlydistributedpixelsandishighlyrobustagainsttheinevitablecornerroundingeffectindevicefabrication.Inexperiment,wefabricatedon-chipFabry–Perot(FP)cavitiesconstructedfromoptimizedreflectors.ThoseFPcavitieshaveintrinsicqualityfactorsof>2000withthehighestvaluebeyond4000inaspectralwidthof200nm.ThereflectivityfittedfromtheFPcavityresonancesis>85%intheentirewavelengthrangeof1440–1640nmandisbeyond95%atsomewavelengths.ThefabricationprocessesareCMOScompatibleandrequireonlyonestepoflithographyandetch.Thedevicescanbeusedasastandardmoduleinintegratedphotoniccircuitryforwideapplicationsinon-chipsemiconductorlaserstructuresandopticalsignalprocessing.
简介:Immisciblefluidflowisfrequentlyfoundinresourcerecoveryorsoilremediation.Theflowpatternintheporousmediaisaffectedbythewettabilityofporesurface.Inthisstudy,quartzsubstratesandmicrofluidicchipsaretreatedbysilicananoparticles(SNP)andtriethoxy(octyl)silane(TES)tofabricatethewater-wetandoil-wetsurfaces.Thewettabilityofthetreated-surfaceismeasuredintermofcontactangleforseveralcombinationsofsurroundingfluidandaliquiddroplet.Theeffectofthewettabilityonthefluidflowpatternisexploredbyinjectingoilandwateralternatelyintothesurface-treatedmicrofluidicchips.TheresultsrevealthattheSNP-coatedquartzsubstrateshowsstrongwater-wetpropertyandtheTEScoatingmakeswater-repellent/oil-wetsurfaces.Inaddition,itisfoundthatthemaximumandminimumoilandwatersaturationduringalternateinjectionofoilandwaterdependsonthesurfacewettabilityofthemicrofluidicchips.Thecharacteristicsofthepore-scalefluidflowpatternarealsodescribed.
简介:Wereportthefirstobservation,tothebestofourknowledge,ofsum-frequencygenerationinon-chiplithiumniobatemicrodiskresonators.Thesum-frequencysignalinthe780nmband,distinctinwavelengthfromsecondharmonicsignals,wasobtainedinlithiumniobatemicroresonatorsunderthepumpoftwoindividual1550nmbandlasers.Thesum-frequencyconversionefficiencywasmeasuredtobe1.4×10-7mW-1.Thedependenceoftheintensitiesofthenonlinearsignalsonthetotalpumppowerandthewavelengthofonepumplaserwasinvestigatedwhilefixingthewavelengthoftheother.Thisworkpavesthewayforapplicationsofon-chiplithiumniobatemicrodiskresonatorsrangingfrominfraredsingle-photondetectiontoinfraredspectroscopy.
简介:Beingdirectedagainettwokinksofnoiseinopticalfibersensors,asim-pleandeffectivemethodofautomaticcompensationforopticalfibersensorsispresented.Notonlytheunstabilityeffectoflightsource,butalsozerodriftofphotoelectronicde-vices,canbeeliminatedorenormouslyrestranedwiththeaidofthismethod.Inanotherway,byusingsingle-chipmrcrocomputer,theopticalfibersensorsystemfabricatediscaonnetedtoacopmuternetworkstorealizeanautomaticcompensation.
简介:Thereisarapidlygrowingdemandtousesiliconandsiliconnitride(Si3N4)integratedphotonicsforsensingapplications,rangingfromrefractiveindextospectroscopicsensing.BymakinguseofadvancedCMOStechnology,complexminiaturizedcircuitscanbeeasilyrealizedonalargescaleandatalowcostcoveringvisibletomid-IRwavelengths.InthispaperwepresentourrecentworkonthedevelopmentofsiliconandSi3N4-basedphotonicintegratedcircuitsforvariousspectroscopicsensingapplications.Wereportourfindingsonwaveguide-basedabsorption,andRamanandsurfaceenhancedRamanspectroscopy.Finallywereporton-chipspectrometersandon-chipbroadbandlightsourcescoveringverynear-IRtomid-IRwavelengthstorealizefullyintegratedspectroscopicsystemsonachip.