Title :
Optically interconnected electronics-challenges and choices
Author :
Tooley, Frank A P
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, Que., Canada
Abstract :
The challenges facing the use of optical interconnects to provide high capacity links is reviewed. The power consumption of optical and electrical links are compared. The performance of fiber ribbon optical data links is described. It is argued that free-space digital optics may be used to provide higher capacity. The required and achieved performance of transceivers and the optics and mechanics used for free-space digital optical systems is described
Keywords :
integrated optoelectronics; optical fibre LAN; optical interconnections; optical receivers; optical transmitters; power consumption; transceivers; electrical links; fiber ribbon optical data links; free-space digital optical systems; free-space digital optics; high capacity links; optical fibre LAN; optical interconnects; optical links; optically interconnected electronics; power consumption; review; transceivers; Bandwidth; Energy consumption; Lenses; Optical arrays; Optical crosstalk; Optical fibers; Optical interconnections; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Massively Parallel Processing Using Optical Interconnections, 1996., Proceedings of the Third International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Maui, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7591-8
DOI :
10.1109/MPPOI.1996.559068
