Free-space optical interconnect system using polarization rotating modulator arrays

A. McCarthy, F. Tooley, E. Laprise, D. Plant, A. Kirk, M. Oren, Y. Lu

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Abstract

An optical circuit was designed and built to facilitate the testing of a free-space optical interconnect. Details of the optical design are presented. The interconnect was based on a hybrid CMOS/GaAs chip which had a 16×16 array of detectors on a 250 µm pitch interlaced with a 16×16 array of modulators. The optomechanics enabled two such chips, bonded to printed circuit boards, to be mounted, positioned and aligned relative to each other. The operating wavelength of the devices was 827 nm. The optical system worked successfully and alignment could be achieved across the array with ease and high precision.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)272-277
Number of pages6
JournalProceedings of SPIE - the International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume4089
Publication statusPublished - 2000
EventOptics in Computing 2000 - Quebec City, Can
Duration: 18 Jun 200023 Jun 2000

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