• DocumentCode
    3784251
  • Title

    Free-space optical interconnect with improved signal-to-noise ratio

  • Author

    N.S. Petrovic;A.D. Rakic;M.L. Majewski

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Comput. Sci. & Electr. Eng., Queensland Univ., Brisbane, Qld., Australia
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    6/23/1905 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    292
  • Abstract
    In a microlens-based free-space optical interconnect, it is usually assumed that the arrangement of transmitters, microlenses and receivers in their respective arrays is "square". This paper shows that it is possible to improve the optical signal-to-noise ratio by up to 50% by slightly altering the array geometry.
  • Keywords
    "Optical interconnections","Signal to noise ratio","Optical receivers","Optical transmitters","Lenses","Optical arrays","Optical crosstalk","Microoptics","Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers","Optical noise"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication, 2001. ECOC ´01. 27th European Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6705-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2001.989633
  • Filename
    989633