Title :
Micro-, diffractive and bulk optics for the smart-pixel optoelectronic connections (SPOEC) project
Author :
Taghizadeh, MR ; Fancey, SJ ; Buller, GS ; Waddie, AJ ; Walker, AC
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Heriot-Watt Univ., Edinburgh, UK
Abstract :
We describe the optical components of an optical interconnect system that has been designed to implement very high data rate communication to a silicon chip. The smart-pixel optoelectronic connections (SPOEC) project is a European collaborative project which aims at the construction of a 64×64 channel opto-electronic crossbar interconnect to demonstrate optical data i/o to Si-CMOS at aggregate rates in excess of 1 Tbit/s
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; integrated optoelectronics; microlenses; optical crosstalk; optical interconnections; semiconductor laser arrays; smart pixels; surface emitting lasers; 1 Tbit/s; 64×64 channel opto-electronic crossbar interconnect; 960 nm; European collaborative project; SPOEC project; Si; Si CMOS IC; Tbit/s; aggregate rates; bulk optics; diffractive optics; micro-optics; optical components; optical data i/o; optical interconnect system; silicon chip; smart-pixel optoelectronic connections; smart-pixel optoelectronic connections project; very high data rate communication; Aggregates; Integrated circuit interconnections; Lenses; Optical arrays; Optical crosstalk; Optical design; Optical diffraction; Optical refraction; Stimulated emission; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1998. LEOS '98. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4947-4
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1998.737812
