Waveguide-coupled parallel optical transceiver technology for Tb/s-class chip-to-chip data transmission

Fuad E. Doany; Clint L. Schow; Jeffrey A. Kash; Christian Baks; Russell Budd; Daniel M. Kuchta; Petar Pepeljugoski; Frank Libsch; Roger Dangel; Folkert Horst; Bert J. Offrein

doi:10.1117/12.763670

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8 February 2008 Waveguide-coupled parallel optical transceiver technology for Tb/s-class chip-to-chip data transmission

Fuad E. Doany, Clint L. Schow, Jeffrey A. Kash, Christian Baks, Russell Budd, Daniel M. Kuchta, Petar Pepeljugoski, Frank Libsch, Roger Dangel, Folkert Horst, Bert J. Offrein

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Proceedings Volume 6899, Photonics Packaging, Integration, and Interconnects VIII; 68990V (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.763670
Event: Integrated Optoelectronic Devices 2008, 2008, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

The IBM Terabus program has developed parallel optical interconnects for terabit/sec-class chip-to-chip communications through printed circuit boards with integrated optical waveguides. 16 TX + 16 RX channel transceiver "Optomodules" were assembled and fully characterized, with fiber-coupled full links operating up to 15 Gb/s, for an aggregate bi-directional data transfer rate of 240 Gb/s. Furthermore, we have demonstrated a complete link between two Optomodules through polymer waveguides on a printed circuit board, with all 32 uni-directional links operating error-free at 10Gb/s, for a 160 Gb/s bidirectional aggregate data rate. This is the fastest, widest, and most integrated multimode optical bus ever demonstrated.

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Fuad E. Doany, Clint L. Schow, Jeffrey A. Kash, Christian Baks, Russell Budd, Daniel M. Kuchta, Petar Pepeljugoski, Frank Libsch, Roger Dangel, Folkert Horst, and Bert J. Offrein "Waveguide-coupled parallel optical transceiver technology for Tb/s-class chip-to-chip data transmission", Proc. SPIE 6899, Photonics Packaging, Integration, and Interconnects VIII, 68990V (8 February 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.763670

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