Novel lens design for free-space optical interconnects

J. L. Ramsey; W. Pijitrojana; T. J. Hall

doi:10.1117/12.692282

17 July 2006 Novel lens design for free-space optical interconnects

J. L. Ramsey, W. Pijitrojana, T. J. Hall

Proceedings Volume 6342, International Optical Design Conference 2006; 634218 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.692282
Event: International Optical Design Conference 2006, 2006, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Abstract

The transposition of signals in space is fundamental to the optical interconnection of electronic systems. Previous free-space implementations employed a scheme based on imaging systems that are prone to aberrations. The system proposed here is useful for implementation of a three-stage Clos network, an optical transpose sector switch, a reconfigurable optical transpose system, and an optical cross connect switch. The purpose of this paper is to propose a non-imaging system for an optical transpose interconnect system, where a macrolens is inserted between the two mesolenses arrays, at the centre. The proposed macrolens is a Fourier transform lens system designed to be virtually aberration free.

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J. L. Ramsey, W. Pijitrojana, and T. J. Hall "Novel lens design for free-space optical interconnects", Proc. SPIE 6342, International Optical Design Conference 2006, 634218 (17 July 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.692282

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