VCSEL based smart pixels toward parallel optoelectronic processing systems

Author

Kurokawa, Takashi ; Matsuo, Shinji ; Nakahara, Tasushi ; Tsuda, Hiroyuki

Author_Institution

NTT Opto-Electron. Labs., Kanagawa, Japan

Volume

2

fYear

1997

fDate

10-13 Nov 1997

Firstpage

11

Abstract

In the development of advanced information systems, such as parallel processing computers and ATM switching systems, the speed and capacity of board-mountable processors and switches will increase considerably through advances in VLSI technology. VCSEL based smart pixels will be the key devices to interconnect the VLSI chips, with high throughput at both the inter- and intra-board level. The technical issues involved in applying VCSEL based smart pixels to parallel optical interconnection systems are discussed from the viewpoint of their system applications

Keywords

optical information processing; optical interconnections; parallel processing; smart pixels; surface emitting lasers; VCSEL; VLSI technology; information system; interconnect; parallel optoelectronic processing; smart pixels; Asynchronous transfer mode; Concurrent computing; Information systems; Optical switches; Parallel processing; Smart pixels; Switching systems; Throughput; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Very large scale integration;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1997. LEOS '97 10th Annual Meeting. Conference Proceedings., IEEE

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3895-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1997.645151

Filename

645151