Optical design choices for VCSEL-based free-space optical interconnects

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4942, Issue , 2002, Pages 313-323

  Kirk, Andrew G ^a   Châteauneuf, Marc ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diffractive optics; Free space optics; Micro optics; Parallel optical interconnects; VLSI photonics

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS; LASERS; LIGHT REFRACTION; MICROLENSES; MULTIMODE FIBERS; PHOTONS; VLSI CIRCUITS;

FREE SPACE OPTICS;

OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS;

EID: 0043231509     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.471908     Document Type: Conference Paper

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