Analysis of a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser-based bidirectional free-space optical interconnect

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 3835-3853

  Zhou, H J ^a   Morozov, V ^a   Neff, J ^a   Fedor, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross talk; Free space interconnect system; Holographic interconnect; Lens aberration; Signal to noise ratio; Vertical cavity surface emitting laser

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; CROSSTALK; FOURIER OPTICS; HOLOGRAMS; LASER BEAMS; LASER OPTICS; LENSES; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; OPTICAL DESIGN; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

DIFFRACTION NOISE; FOURIER LENS; FRESNEL APPROXIMATION; GAUSSIAN BEAM; VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER;

OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS;

EID: 0031165751     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.003835     Document Type: Article

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