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An optical multi microring network-on-chip (MMR NoC) is proposed and evaluated through numerical simulations. The network architecture consists of a central resonating microring with local microrings connected to the input/output ports. A mathematical model based on the transfer matrix method is used to assess the MMR NoC performance and to analyze the fabrication tolerances.

In this letter, we present an integrated solution for bidirectionalWDM optical interconnection based on semiconductor optical amplifiers and nonreciprocal micro-ring resonators in Si3N4/Ce:YIG. The circuit performance has been numerically evaluated, demonstrating a reduction of crosstalk and backreflection of >20 dB for a 10-channel 100-GHz-spaced WDM bidirectional active optical interconnect.