Title :
Demonstration of a compact low-power 250-Gb/s parallel-WDM optical interconnect
Author :
Lemoff, Brian E. ; Ali, Mohammed E. ; Panotopoulos, George ; De Groot, Edwin ; Flower, Graham M. ; Rankin, Glenn H. ; Schmit, Andrew J. ; Djordjev, Kostadin D. ; Tan, Michael R T ; Tandon, Ashish ; Gong, William ; Tella, Richard P. ; Law, Benjamin ; Chia,
Author_Institution :
Agilent Labs., Palo Alto, CA, USA
Abstract :
In this letter, we demonstrate error-free operation of a 12-fiber ×4-wavelength ×5.21-Gb/s parallel-wavelength-division-multiplexed (PWDM) optical link. The 250-Gb/s transmitter and receiver assemblies each have a 5×8-mm footprint and consume a combined power of 1.5 W. To our knowledge, this is the first publication of a fully functional PWDM optical interconnect as well as the highest demonstrated bandwidth per unit area and bandwidth per unit power consumption for any multiple-channel fiber-optic interconnect. This technology is intended for short-distance high-bandwidth-density applications such as multiprocessor computer backplanes.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical interconnections; optical receivers; optical transmitters; wavelength division multiplexing; 1.5 W; 250 Gbit/s; 5 mm; 5.21 Gbit/s; 8 mm; multiple-channel fiber-optic interconnect; multiprocessor computer backplanes; parallel-WDM optical interconnect; receiver; transmitter; Application software; Assembly; Backplanes; Bandwidth; Energy consumption; Error-free operation; Optical fiber communication; Optical interconnections; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Optical fiber applications; optical fiber communication; optical interconnections; optical receivers (RXs); optical transmitters (TXs); wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM);
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2004.838157
