A multistage free-stage optical interconnect for backplane applications: implementation issues

Author

Kirk, A.G. ; Lacroix, F.K. ; Ayliffe, M.H. ; Bernier, E. ; Brosseau, D.F. ; Chateauneuf, M. ; Robertson, B. ; Tooley, F.A.P. ; Plant, D.V.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, Que., Canada

Volume

2

fYear

1998

fDate

3-4 Dec 1998

Firstpage

149

Abstract

Free-space optical interconnects represent a possible solution to the interconnection bottleneck encountered at the backplane level of high performance electronic systems. One of the critical challenges in this field is the development of robust, misalignment tolerant, field serviceable micro-optical hardware. Here we describe the implementation of the micro-optical modules required for a multistage 256 channel optical interconnects

Keywords

integrated optoelectronics; micro-optics; modules; multistage interconnection networks; optical backplanes; optical computing; backplane level; free-space optical interconnects; high performance electronic systems; interconnection bottleneck; micro-optical modules; multistage 256 channel optical interconnects; multistage free-stage optical interconnect; optical backplane applications; robust misalignment tolerant field serviceable micro-optical hardware; Assembly; Backplanes; Kirk field collapse effect; Optical arrays; Optical design; Optical interconnections; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optoelectronic devices; Relays;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1998. LEOS '98. IEEE

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4947-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1998.739505

Filename

739505