Free-space optical interconnect using microlasers and modulator arrays

Alex G. Dickinson; Maralene M. Downs; R. E. LaMarche; Michael E. Prise

doi:10.1117/12.25549

1 April 1991 Free-space optical interconnect using microlasers and modulator arrays

Alex G. Dickinson, Maralene M. Downs, R. E. LaMarche, Michael E. Prise

Proceedings Volume 1389, Microelectronic Interconnects and Packages: Optical and Electrical Technologies; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.25549
Event: Advances in Intelligent Robotics Systems, 1990, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

Progress towards a free space interchip optical interconnect is described. We have fabricated an array of 36 differential optical receiver pairs in standard digital 0. 9 CMOS. The entire array occupies a square 2''lO on a side and each receiver channel can be operated up to 32OMbit/s. Link experiments are underway using these receivers in conjunction with transmitter arrays of GaAs SEEDs and microlasers. A compact opto-mechanical module for a simple system interconnect has also been designed constructed and tested.

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Alex G. Dickinson, Maralene M. Downs, R. E. LaMarche, and Michael E. Prise "Free-space optical interconnect using microlasers and modulator arrays", Proc. SPIE 1389, Microelectronic Interconnects and Packages: Optical and Electrical Technologies, (1 April 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.25549

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