Bottom-Up Abstract Modelling of Optical Networks-on-Chip: From Physical to Architectural Layer

Figure 1

Sketch of a microring-based (a)1×2 PSE, (b)2×2 PSE, and (c)4×4 optical switch. As one can observe, complex structures are obtained by compositions of the elementary building blocks.

(a) 1×2 PSE

(b) 2×2 PSE

(c) 4×4 SWITCH