JOURNAL ARTICLE

Programmable Silicon Photonic Circuits

Wim BogaertsXiangfeng ChenHong DengLukas Van IseghemMi WangIman ZandYu ZhangYichen LiuK. P. NagarjunUmar Khan

Year: 2022 Journal:   2022 27th OptoElectronics and Communications Conference (OECC) and 2022 International Conference on Photonics in Switching and Computing (PSC) Pages: 1-3

Abstract

Programmable photonics configure the flow of light on a photonic chip using software and electrical actuators. Such flexible chips are useful for prototyping new applications. We discuss the underlying technologies for hardware and software.

Keywords:
Photonics Computer science Software Field-programmable gate array Silicon photonics Photonic integrated circuit Electronic circuit Chip Actuator Embedded system Computer architecture Electronic engineering Electrical engineering Engineering Optoelectronics Materials science Telecommunications

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Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing
Physical Sciences →  Computer Science →  Artificial Intelligence
Photonic and Optical Devices
Physical Sciences →  Engineering →  Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Optical Network Technologies
Physical Sciences →  Engineering →  Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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