Recent Progress in Short-Wavelength VCSEL-Based Optical Interconnections

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5248, Issue , 2003, Pages 117-126

  Michalzik, Rainer ^a   Roscher, Hendrik ^a   Stach, Martin ^a   Wiedenmann, Dieter ^b   Miller, Michael ^b   Broeng, Jes ^c   Petersson, Anders ^c   Mortensen, Niels A ^c   Simonsen, Harald R ^c   Kube, Erhard ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

^c NKT PHOTONICS A S   (Denmark)

^d LightPointe Europe GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

10 gigabit ethernet; Free space optics; Micro structured fiber; Optical interconnections; Optical wireless communications; Photonic crystal fiber; Semiconductor laser arrays; Surface emitting lasers; Vcsels

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; BANDWIDTH; CROSSTALK; MICROSTRUCTURE; MULTIMODE FIBERS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTIMIZATION; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SOLID STATE LASERS; WAVEGUIDES;

10-GIGABIT ETHERNET; FREE SPACE OPTICS; MICROSTRUCTURED FIBERS; OPTICAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASER ARRAYS; SURFACE EMITTING LASERS; VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASERS (VCSEL);

OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS;

EID: 11144355206     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.513896     Document Type: Conference Paper

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