Title :
Optical Interconnects for Board-Level Signal Distribution at 10 Gb/s Using Hybrid Integration
Author :
Chang, Yin-Jung ; Guidotti, Daniel ; Wan, Lixi ; Gaylord, Thomas K. ; Chang, Gee-Kung
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA
Abstract :
A board-level optical-to-electrical prototype for 10 Gb/s signal distribution over each of four channels is demonstrated. An improved multimode interference (MMI) splitter and the simultaneous alignment between waveguides and photodetectors make the prototype fully functional
Keywords :
optical beam splitters; optical design techniques; optical interconnections; optical waveguides; photodetectors; 10 Gbit/s; board-level optical-to-electrical prototype; board-level signal distribution; hybrid integration prototype; multimode interference splitter; optical interconnects; photodetectors; waveguide alignment; Coplanar waveguides; High speed optical techniques; Integrated optics; Optical device fabrication; Optical interconnections; Optical losses; Optical polymers; Optical receivers; Optical waveguides; Prototypes;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2006. LEOS 2006. 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2006.278791
