System demonstrator for board-to-board-level substrate-guided wave optoelectronic interconnections

Xuliang Han; Gicherl Kim; Hitesh Gupta; G. Jack Lipovski; Ray T. Chen

doi:10.1117/12.428023

30 May 2001 System demonstrator for board-to-board-level substrate-guided wave optoelectronic interconnections

Xuliang Han, Gicherl Kim, Hitesh Gupta, G. Jack Lipovski, Ray T. Chen

Proceedings Volume 4292, Optoelectronic Interconnects VIII; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.428023
Event: Symposium on Integrated Optics, 2001, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

We design and implement a system demonstrator based on vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers, polymeric hologram grating couplers, and metal-semiconductor-metal photodetectors. As a preliminary experiment, we show the feasibility of board-to-board level substrate-guided wave optoelectronic interconnections in the real electrical system. First, we introduce a new architecture--centralized optical backplane--for board-to-board level interconnections. Second, the optoelectronic data channel is constructed compatible with standard PECL and capable of operating a 1.25 Gbps. Finally, it is employed to replace the conventional electrical data channel in a microprocessor system. We describe the performance of the entire system and discuss the future application of our centralized optical backplane in other electrical systems.

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Xuliang Han, Gicherl Kim, Hitesh Gupta, G. Jack Lipovski, and Ray T. Chen "System demonstrator for board-to-board-level substrate-guided wave optoelectronic interconnections", Proc. SPIE 4292, Optoelectronic Interconnects VIII, (30 May 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.428023

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