960 Gb/s Optical Backplane Ecosystem Using Embedded Polymer Waveguides and Demonstration in a 12G SAS Storage Array

Author

Schmidtke, Katharine ; Flens, Frank ; Worrall, A. ; Pitwon, Richard ; Betschon, Felix ; Lamprecht, Tobias ; Krahenbuhl, Roger

Author_Institution

Finisar Corp., Sunnyvale, CA, USA

Volume

31

Issue

24

fYear

2013

fDate

Dec.15, 2013

Firstpage

3970

Lastpage

3975

Abstract

An optical backplane ecosystem is described and demonstrated that is capable of multi-Tb/s bandwidth and is based on embedded polymer waveguides, passive optical backplane connectors, and midboard optical transceivers with bandwidth up to 28 Gb/s per lane. These systems provide the highest bandwidth-density, lowest power consumption, while maintaining the signal integrity. Ecosystems built around this architecture will provide the bandwidth-density required for next generation fabric interconnect for storage, switching, and routing applications in future high capacity generations of Data Centers and HPC systems. To demonstrate the applicability of this technology, it was used to provide embedded optical connectivity within a functional data storage enclosure.

Keywords

optical backplanes; optical polymers; optical transceivers; optical waveguides; HPC system; SAS storage array; bandwidth-density; bit rate 960 Gbit/s; data center; embedded optical connectivity; embedded polymer waveguide; functional data storage enclosure; high capacity generation; midboard optical transceiver; optical backplane ecosystem; passive optical backplane connector; power consumption; signal integrity; Adaptive optics; Backplanes; High-speed optical techniques; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Optical polymers; Optical backplanes; optical PCBs; optical interconnections; polymer waveguides; waveguides;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2013.2278401

Filename

6584724