| Autor: |
Thienpont, Hugo, Hermanne, Alex, Ottevaere, Heidi, Veretennicoff, Irina, Baukens, Valerie, Debaes, Christof, Tuteleers, Patrik, Vervaeke, Michael, Volckaerts, Bart, Vynck, Pedro, Verschaffelt, Guy |
| Přispěvatelé: |
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Applied Physics and Photonics, Brussels Photonics Team |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2001 |
| Předmět: |
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| Popis: |
We report on the design, the fabrication, the characterization and the demonstration of scalable multi-channel free-space interconnection components with the potential for Tb/s.cm(2) aggregate bit rate capacity over inter-chip interconnection distances. The demonstrator components are fabricated in a high quality optical plastic, PMMA, using an ion-based rapid prototyping technology that we call deep proton lithography. With the presently achieved Gigabit/s data rates for each of the individual 16 channels with a BER smaller than 10(-13) and with inter-channel cross-talk lower than -22dB the module aims at optically interconnecting 2-D opto-electronic VCSEL and receiver arrays, flip-chip mounted on CMOS circuitry. Furthermore, using ray-tracing software and radiometric simulation tools, we perform a sensitivity analysis for misalignment and fabrication errors on these plastic micro-optical modules and we study industrial fabrication and material issues related to the mass-replication of these components through injection-molding techniques. Finally we provide evidence that these components can be mass-fabricated in dedicated, highly-advanced optical plastics at low cost and with the required precision. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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