Practical realization of massively parallel fiber–free–space optical interconnects

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 17, 2001, Pages 2902-2908

  Gruber, Matthias ^a   Jahns, Jürgen ^a   Joudi, El Mehdi El ^a   Stefan, Sinzinger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTICS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; VLSI CIRCUITS;

FREE-SPACE OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS;

EID: 0001665477     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.002902     Document Type: Article

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