Optical multichannel parallel chip-to-chip data distribution

Holger Karstensen; Hartmut W. Schneider; A. Staudt; Helmut Zarschizky; Christian Gerndt; Ekkehard Klement; Harald Tischer

doi:10.1117/12.20676

1 August 1990 Optical multichannel parallel chip-to-chip data distribution

Holger Karstensen, Hartmut W. Schneider, A. Staudt, Helmut Zarschizky, Christian Gerndt, Ekkehard Klement, Harald Tischer

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Proceedings Volume 1281, Optical Interconnections and Networks; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.20676
Event: The International Congress on Optical Science and Engineering, 1990, The Hague, Netherlands

Abstract

The design and the modelling results of an 8 channel parallel optical chip to chip interconnection consisting of a laser diode (LD) array, a single-mode waveguide (WG) array, and a photodiode (PD) array with 8 channels each are presented. The separation of the channels is 125 im, so the overall width of the 8 channel line is only I mm. The electronic and the optoelectronic components will be mounted on a silicon substrate wafer and the waveguides on a second silicon wafer which will be fixed upside down on the substrate. The LDs are envisaged to be AlGaAs singlequantum well types though the first implementation will be realized with conventional A1GaAs MCRW semiconductor lasers with a wavelength of 0.85 rim. The PDs are fabricated in standard silicon technology, the silica WGs with the flame hydrolysis technique and reactive ion etching. The trade off between large fabrication tolerances and the desired high coupling efficiencies is discussed. Mounting techniques for the LD- and PD-arrays are presented. A comparison between this optical interconnection and an equivalent electrical one is given.

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Holger Karstensen, Hartmut W. Schneider, A. Staudt, Helmut Zarschizky, Christian Gerndt, Ekkehard Klement, and Harald Tischer "Optical multichannel parallel chip-to-chip data distribution", Proc. SPIE 1281, Optical Interconnections and Networks, (1 August 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.20676

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