High-speed optical interconnections between digital circuits

Dean Z. Tsang

doi:10.1117/12.20999

1 October 1990 High-speed optical interconnections between digital circuits

Dean Z. Tsang

Proceedings Volume 1291, Optical and Digital Gallium Arsenide Technologies for Signal Processing Applications; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.20999
Event: 1990 Technical Symposium on Optics, Electro-Optics, and Sensors, 1990, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

A simple and efficient board-to-board optical interconnection consisting of a laser, two lenses and a detector is constructed, which demonstrates the direct free-space interconnection of GaAs digital circuits. The link is operated at clock rates up to 1 GHz, and no external laser driver, detector preamplifier or other interface circuitry is required because of the high efficiency of the interconnection. A differential electrical-to-electrical current efficiency is measured as high as 19 percent. The use of prealigned optical modules promises increased tolerance to misalignments.

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Dean Z. Tsang "High-speed optical interconnections between digital circuits", Proc. SPIE 1291, Optical and Digital Gallium Arsenide Technologies for Signal Processing Applications, (1 October 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.20999

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