Parallel optical interconnects with mixed-signal OEIC and fibre arrays for high-speed communication

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5453, Issue , 2004, Pages 111-123

  Fey, D ^a   Hoppe, L ^a   Loos, A ^a   Fortsch M ^b   Zimmermann, H ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

CMOS photodetectors; Fibre arrays; Optoelectronic VLSI; Photonic interconnects; Smart pixel architectures

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DATA TRANSFER; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS; TRANSISTORS; VLSI CIRCUITS;

CMOS PHOTODETECTORS; FIBER ARRAYS; OPTOELECTRONIC VLSI; PHOTONIC INTERCONNECTS; SMART PIXEL ARCHITECTURES;

OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS;

EID: 12344299579     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.545303     Document Type: Conference Paper

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