Gigabit optical network interface card using parallel data fiber link for a free-space switched local area network system

Author

Gui, P. ; Chandraman, P. ; Ekman, J. ; Wang, X. ; Kiamilev, F. ; Driscol, K. ; Vanvoorst, B. ; Liu, Y. ; Nohava, J. ; Cox, J.A. ; Christensen, M. ; Haney, M. ; Milojkovic, P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Comput. Eng., Delaware Univ., Newark, DE, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

863

Abstract

We introduce a distributed parallel system, developed under VIVACE program which consists of eight host nodes connected through free-space optically interconnected (FSOI) switch with Terabit bi-section bandwidth. A PCI-based VIVACE optical network interface card (VONIC) with 12Gbps parallel data fiber link is the interface between the host and the FSOI switch. This paper describes the second generation VONIC and related testing results. At the center of the VIVACE system is a switch multi chip-module (MCM) consisting of sixteen CMOS ASICs integrated with two-dimensional GaAs VCSEL and photodetector arrays that are linked via free space using an opto-mechanical system

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; integrated optoelectronics; multichip modules; optical fibre networks; optical interconnections; photodetectors; semiconductor laser arrays; surface emitting lasers; CMOS ASICs; GaAs VCSEL; PCI-based VIVACE optical network interface card; VIVACE program; VONIC; distributed parallel system; free-space switched local area network system; gigabit optical network interface card; multi chip-module; opto-mechanical system; parallel data fiber link; photodetector arrays; Bandwidth; CMOS logic circuits; Field programmable gate arrays; Optical fiber LAN; Optical fiber networks; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Protocols; Switches; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2001. LEOS 2001. The 14th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7105-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2001.969089

Filename

969089