Parallel and bi-directional optical interconnect module using vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) and 3-D micro optical bench (MOB)

Author

Aoki, Y. ; Mizuno, J.R. ; Shimada, Y. ; Iga, K.

Author_Institution

Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Yokohama, Japan

fYear

1999

fDate

26-27 July 1999

Abstract

We propose a novel parallel and bi-directional optical interconnect module using VCSELs and a 3-D stacked planar optical circuit. As an initial experiment of the optical circuit, we fabricate a stacked optical circuit chip and achieve an optical coupling loss of 2.4 dB.

Keywords

integrated optoelectronics; micro-optics; modules; optical couplers; optical interconnections; quantum well lasers; semiconductor laser arrays; surface emitting lasers; 2.4 dB; 3-D micro optical bench; 3-D stacked planar optical circuit; GaAs-AlGaAs; GaAs/AlGaAs QW; VCSEL array; VCSELs; optical coupling loss; parallel bi-directional optical interconnect module; stacked optical circuit chip; Bidirectional control; Circuits; Optical coupling; Optical crosstalk; Optical filters; Optical interconnections; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nanostructures and Quantum Dots/WDM Components/VCSELs and Microcavaties/RF Photonics for CATV and HFC Systems, 1999 Digest of the LEOS Summer Topical Meetings

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5633-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOSST.1999.794690

Filename

794690