Assembly of VCSEL based smart pixel arrays

Author

McLaren, Tim ; Zhang, Wenge ; Irwin, Ronda ; Morazova, Nina ; Chen, Christine ; Neff, John ; Lee, Y.C.

Author_Institution

Optoelectron. Comput. Syst. Center, Colorado Univ., Boulder, CO, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

5-9 Aug. 1996

Firstpage

49

Lastpage

50

Abstract

Several applications of VCSEL-based SPA systems are being developed at the Optoelectronic Computing Systems Center (OCSC). These include a crosspoint switch, an FFT processor and an ATM switch. All of these applications are based on 8/spl times/8 VCSEL and detector arrays forming a bi-directional free space optical interconnect between two planes of processors. Two identical optoelectronic modules are placed at the front and back focal planes of a Fourier transform lens. Each module has 64 smart pixels with optical input (detectors) and output (VCSELs), electrical connections to nearest neighbors and a processing element.

Keywords

multichip modules; semiconductor laser arrays; smart pixels; surface emitting lasers; VCSEL; bi-directional free space optical interconnect; optoelectronic module; smart pixel array; Assembly; Asynchronous transfer mode; Bidirectional control; Fourier transforms; Optical arrays; Optical interconnections; Optical switches; Sensor arrays; Smart pixels; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Applications of Lasers in Materials Processing/Broadband Optical Networks/Smart Pixels/Optical MEMs and Their Applications. IEEE/LEOS 1996 Summer Topical Meetings:

Conference_Location

Keystone, CO, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3175-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOSST.1996.540739

Filename

540739