Title :
Embedded photodetectors in polymer waveguides for optical interconnect integrated with a Si-Ge transimpedance amplifier circuit operating at 2.5 Gbit/s
Author :
Shin, Jaemin ; Seo, Sang-Woo ; Cho, Sang-Yeon ; Kim, Jae Hong ; Brook, Martin ; Jokerst, Nan Marie
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., USA
Abstract :
In this paper, the first report of a photodetector embedded in a polymer waveguide with output to a Si-Ge transimpedance amplifier is reported. This system was tested with an endfire coupled optical input to the multimode polymer waveguide, and, through direct coupling of this light to the photodetector from the waveguide followed by photodetector current output to a Maxim Si-Ge transimpedance amplifier, operation of this interconnection channel at 2.5 Gbps has been demonstrated.
Keywords :
amplifiers; germanium; optical interconnections; optical polymers; optical waveguides; photodetectors; silicon; 2.5 Gbit/s; Maxim Si-Ge transimpedance amplifier circuit; Si-Ge; embedded photodetectors; interconnection channel; multimode polymer waveguide; optical interconnect; Circuit testing; Coupling circuits; Optical amplifiers; Optical coupling; Optical interconnections; Optical polymers; Optical waveguides; Photodetectors; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; System testing;
Conference_Titel :
Biophotonics/Optical Interconnects and VLSI Photonics/WBM Microcavities, 2004 Digest of the LEOS Summer Topical Meetings
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8306-0
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2004.1338682