Adaptive optical interconnects: the ADDAPT project

Ronny Henker; Jan Pliva; Mahdi Khafaji; Frank Ellinger; Thomas Toifl; Bert Offrein; Alessandro Cevrero; Ilter Oezkaya; Marc Seifried; Nikolay Ledentsov; Joerg-R. Kropp; Vitaly Shchukin; Martin Zoldak; Leos Halmo; Jaroslaw Turkiewicz; Wyn Meredith; Iain Eddie; Michael Georgiades; Savvas Charalambides; Jeroen Duis; Pieter van Leeuwen

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11 September 2015 Adaptive optical interconnects: the ADDAPT project

Ronny Henker; Jan Pliva; Mahdi Khafaji; Frank Ellinger; Thomas Toifl; Bert Offrein; Alessandro Cevrero; Ilter Oezkaya; Marc Seifried; Nikolay Ledentsov; Joerg-R. Kropp; Vitaly Shchukin; Martin Zoldak; Leos Halmo; Jaroslaw Turkiewicz; Wyn Meredith; Iain Eddie; Michael Georgiades; Savvas Charalambides; Jeroen Duis; Pieter van Leeuwen

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Proceedings Volume 9662, Photonics Applications in Astronomy, Communications, Industry, and High-Energy Physics Experiments 2015; 966207 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2202564
Event: XXXVI Symposium on Photonics Applications in Astronomy, Communications, Industry, and High-Energy Physics Experiments (Wilga 2015), 2015, Wilga, Poland

Abstract

Existing optical networks are driven by dynamic user and application demands but operate statically at their maximum performance. Thus, optical links do not offer much adaptability and are not very energy-efficient. In this paper a novel approach of implementing performance and power adaptivity from system down to optical device, electrical circuit and transistor level is proposed. Depending on the actual data load, the number of activated link paths and individual device parameters like bandwidth, clock rate, modulation format and gain are adapted to enable lowering the components supply power. This enables flexible energy-efficient optical transmission links which pave the way for massive reductions of CO2 emission and operating costs in data center and high performance computing applications. Within the FP7 research project Adaptive Data and Power Aware Transceivers for Optical Communications (ADDAPT) dynamic high-speed energy-efficient transceiver subsystems are developed for short-range optical interconnects taking up new adaptive technologies and methods. The research of eight partners from industry, research and education spanning seven European countries includes the investigation of several adaptive control types and algorithms, the development of a full transceiver system, the design and fabrication of optical components and integrated circuits as well as the development of high-speed, low loss packaging solutions. This paper describes and discusses the idea of ADDAPT and provides an overview about the latest research results in this field.

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Ronny Henker, Jan Pliva, Mahdi Khafaji, Frank Ellinger, Thomas Toifl, Bert Offrein, Alessandro Cevrero, Ilter Oezkaya, Marc Seifried, Nikolay Ledentsov, Joerg-R. Kropp, Vitaly Shchukin, Martin Zoldak, Leos Halmo, Jaroslaw Turkiewicz, Wyn Meredith, Iain Eddie, Michael Georgiades, Savvas Charalambides, Jeroen Duis, and Pieter van Leeuwen "Adaptive optical interconnects: the ADDAPT project", Proc. SPIE 9662, Photonics Applications in Astronomy, Communications, Industry, and High-Energy Physics Experiments 2015, 966207 (11 September 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2202564

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