8-Gb/s optical backplane bus based on microchannel interconnects: Design, fabrication, and performance measurements

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1477-1486

  Gicherl, Kim ^a   Xuliang, Han ^a   Chen, Ray T ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; DATA TRANSFER; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

MICROCHANNEL OPTICS; VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASERS (VCSEL);

OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS;

EID: 0342936402     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.896207     Document Type: Article

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