Dear
802.3 Next Generation 100 Gb/s Optical Ethernet Study Group
participants,
New
technologies have been discussed in the Study Group, with
the promise of enabling lower cost and lower power 100 Gb/s
PMDs.
A
recent Commentary in Nature Photonics gives an insightful
perspective on one of these new technologies: Si Photonics.
The lead author is Michael Hochberg co-founder of Luxtera
and now a Professor at the University of Washington
researching Si Photonics. His co-authors are leading
researchers and engineers in the field of Si Photonics. The
article achieves a good balance between identifying near
term limitations and long term promise.
Nature
Photonics is a by subscription publication. However, the
Nature Publishing Group has generously made the Commentary
available free of charge to 802.3 NG 100G OE Study Group
members to support investigation of 100 Gb/s PMD technology
alternatives.
The Commentary will be placed on the below web site for use
by 802.3 participants only, in support of Next Generation
100 Gb/s PMD definition efforts.
ftp://ftp.finisar.com/
user:
ieee
pwd:
ieee8023
file: Hochberg_NP_2012.pdf
The
Commentary is not to be used for any commercial purposes.
Since
this email references an external ftp site, which is not
considered archival grade by 802.3, it will be removed from
the 802.3 email reflector archives after a period of time,
as per established precedence.
Thank
you
Chris