Performance consideration of three-dimensional optoelectronic interconnection for intra-multichip-module clock signal distribution

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2537-2544

  Zhao, Chunhe ^a   Chen, Ray T ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; GRADIENT INDEX OPTICS; HOLOGRAMS; LASERS; LIGHT; MULTICHIP MODULES; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PERFORMANCE; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CLOCK LASER; CLOCK SIGNAL PROPAGATION ANALYSIS; CLOCK SKEW ANALYSIS; OPTICAL CLOCK SIGNAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; WAVELENGTH INSTABILITY;

OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS;

EID: 0031123018     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.002537     Document Type: Article

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