Surface emitting laser smart pixel arrays for large scale optoelectronic parallel processing

Author

Wilmsen, C.W. ; Hayes, E.M. ; Stanko, P.J. ; Pu, R. ; Jurrat, R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1996

fDate

13-16 Oct 1996

Firstpage

444

Abstract

Surface emitting lasers are ideal light sources for optical parallel processing. This paper discusses the problems and possible solutions to the integration of these lasers into large pixel arrays. This paper examines the issues of optical absorption, choice of photodetector, type of receiver circuit and integration/packaging techniques required in order to achieve high frame rate with large arrays. The paper suggests the techniques that will most likely lead to a large, high performance processing array

Keywords

light absorption; optical computing; optical receivers; parallel processing; photodetectors; smart pixels; surface emitting lasers; frame rate; integration/packaging techniques; large scale optoelectronic parallel processing; light sources; optical absorption; photodetector; processing array; receiver circuit; smart pixel arrays; surface emitting laser; Absorption; Integrated optics; Large-scale systems; Light sources; Optical arrays; Optical receivers; Parallel processing; Smart pixels; Stimulated emission; Surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics, Circuits, and Systems, 1996. ICECS '96., Proceedings of the Third IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Rodos

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3650-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICECS.1996.582874

Filename

582874