Hybrid SEED-massively parallel optical interconnections for silicon ICs

Author

Miller, D.A.B.

Author_Institution

AT&T Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA

fYear

1995

fDate

23-24 Oct 1995

Firstpage

2

Lastpage

7

Abstract

Diodes containing quantum well semiconductor structures can operate both as optical reflection modulators and optical detectors. They can be bonded in two dimensional arrays to silicon electronic circuits, and allow high speed, high density, low power optical input/output. This emerging technology may enable new classes of opto electronic systems that can take advantage of many previously unexploited features of optics for interconnection, and offers a new opportunity to relieve the growing problems of wiring in high performance electronic systems

Keywords

SEEDs; integrated circuit interconnections; integrated optoelectronics; optical interconnections; optical modulation; parallel architectures; semiconductor quantum wells; Si; high performance electronic systems; hybrid SEED; low power optical input/output; massively parallel optical interconnections; optical detectors; optical reflection modulators; opto electronic systems; quantum well semiconductor structures; silicon ICs; silicon electronic circuits; two dimensional arrays; Bonding; Electronic circuits; High speed optical techniques; Optical arrays; Optical detectors; Optical interconnections; Optical modulation; Optical reflection; Semiconductor diodes; Silicon;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Massively Parallel Processing Using Optical Interconnections, 1995., Proceedings of the Second International Conference on

Conference_Location

San Antonio, TX

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7101-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MPPOI.1995.528621

Filename

528621