Title :
960 Gb/s optical backplane using embedded polymer waveguides and demonstration in a 12G SAS storage array
Author :
Schmidtke, Katharine ; Flens, Frank ; Worrall, A. ; Pitwon, Richard ; Betschon, Felix ; Lamprecht, Tobias ; Kraehenbuehl, R.
Author_Institution :
Finisar Corp., Sunnyvale, CA, USA
Abstract :
An emerging eco-system is described enabling Tb/s bandwidth optical backplanes based on embedded polymer waveguides, passive optical backplane connectors and mid-board optical transceivers capable of bandwidths up to 28 Gb/s per lane.
Keywords :
optical interconnections; optical polymers; optical storage; optical transceivers; optical waveguides; peripheral interfaces; SAS storage array; bit rate 28 Gbit/s; bit rate 960 Gbit/s; embedded polymer waveguides; midboard optical transceivers; passive optical backplane connectors; serial attached SCSI; Backplanes; High-speed optical techniques; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber communication; Optical polymers; Optical transmitters; Optical waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Interconnects Conference, 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Santa Fe, NM
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5061-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5062-4
DOI :
10.1109/OIC.2013.6552908
