Gigabyte/s data communications with the POLO parallel optical link

Author

Hahn, Kenneth H. ; Giboney, Kirk S. ; Wilson, Robert E. ; Straznicky, Joseph ; Wong, Eric G. ; Tan, Michael R. ; Kaneshiro, Ronald T. ; Dolfi, David W. ; Mueller, Erwin H. ; Plotts, Alan E. ; Murray, Dale D. ; Marchegiano, Joseph E. ; Booth, Bruce L. ; Sa

Author_Institution

Hewlett-Packard Co., Palo Alto, CA, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

28-31 May 1996

Firstpage

301

Lastpage

307

Abstract

The progress in the development of the 10 channel POLO (Parallel Optical Link Organization) module is described. The POLO program is a consortium of Hewlett-Packard, AMP, Du Pont, SDL, and the University of Southern California to develop low cost, high performance parallel optical data links for computer clusters, multimedia, and switching systems. The design and initial performance of the 1st generation POLO module (POLO-I) have been previously reported. In this paper, we discuss the overall results of the POLO-1 module as well as the design and implementation of the 2nd generation (POLO-2) parallel optical data link

Keywords

data communication; optical fibre communication; optical interconnections; POLO parallel optical link; POLO-1 module; POLO-2 module; Parallel Optical Link Organization; data communications; Clocks; Costs; Data communication; Electronics packaging; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber communication; Optical transmitters; Optical waveguides; Switching systems; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronic Components and Technology Conference, 1996. Proceedings., 46th

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

ISSN

0569-5503

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3286-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECTC.1996.517406

Filename

517406