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Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE A (Applied Physics & Engineering)  2006, Vol. 7 Issue (12): 1961-1967    DOI: 10.1631/jzus.2006.A1961
Information & Computer Science     
The Moore’s Law for photonic integrated circuits
THYLÉN L., HE Sailing, WOSINSKI L., DAI Daoxin
Joint Research Center of Photonics of KTH The Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden & Zhejiang University, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; Department of Microelectronics and Information Technology, Royal Institute of Technology KTH, Electrum 229, S-164 40 Kista, Sweden; Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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Abstract  We formulate a “Moore’s law” for photonic integrated circuits (PICs) and their spatial integration density using two methods. One is decomposing the integrated photonics devices of diverse types into equivalent basic elements, which makes a comparison with the generic elements of electronic integrated circuits more meaningful. The other is making a complex component equivalent to a series of basic elements of the same functionality, which is used to calculate the integration density for functional components realized with different structures. The results serve as a benchmark of the evolution of PICs and we can conclude that the density of integration measured in this way roughly increases by a factor of 2 per year. The prospects for a continued increase of spatial integration density are discussed.

Key words： Moore’s Law      Photonic integrated circuit (PIC)      Photonic lightwave circuit (PLC)      Photonic integration density      Photonic filters      Photonic multiplexing     
Received: 10 October 2006     
CLC:  TN2  
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THYLÉN L., HE Sailing, WOSINSKI L., DAI Daoxin. The Moore’s Law for photonic integrated circuits. Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE A (Applied Physics & Engineering), 2006, 7(12): 1961-1967.

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