Title :
A single-fiber bidirectional optical link using colocated emitters and detectors
Author :
Cross, Jeffrey ; Lopez-Lagunas, Abelardo ; Buchanan, Brent ; Carastro, Lawrence ; Wang, Shih-Cheng ; Jokerst, N.H. ; Wills, Scott ; Brooke, Martin ; Ingram, Mary Ann
Author_Institution :
Microelectron. Res. Center, Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Abstract :
This letter reports the bonding of a small, thin-film GaAs-based emitter onto a larger silicon detector to realize spatial colocation of the emitter and detector. These colocated devices enable single fiber bidirectional communication between the two analog/digital silicon circuits that contain the emitter/detector pairs. Bidirectional communication between two of these circuits is demonstrated with a single plastic optical fiber.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; gallium arsenide; integrated circuit interconnections; integrated optoelectronics; light emitting diodes; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; photodetectors; thin film circuits; GaAs; Si; analog/digital silicon circuits; bidirectional communication; colocated devices; colocated emitters; detectors; emitter/detector pairs; larger silicon detector; single fiber bidirectional communication; single plastic optical fiber; single-fiber bidirectional optical link; spatial colocation; thin-film GaAs-based emitter; Bidirectional control; Bonding; Detectors; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Plastics; Semiconductor thin films; Silicon; Thin film circuits;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
