Multichip free-space global optical interconnection demonstration with integrated arrays of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers and photodetectors

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 29, 1999, Pages 6190-6200

  Haney, Michael W ^a   Christensen, Marc P ^a   Milojkovic, Predrag ^a   Ekman, Jeremy ^b,d   Chandramani, Premanand ^b,d   Rozier, Richard ^b,e   Kiamilev, Fouad ^b,d   Liu, Yue ^c   Hibbs Brenner, Mary ^c  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^c HONEYWELL TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^e NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0000948837     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.006190     Document Type: Article

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