Optics Express · 2012 · 17 citations · 23 references
EngineeringElectrical EngineeringMaterials ScienceOpticsOptoelectronicsPhotonicsIntegrated OpticsIntegrated PhotonicsOptical InterconnectsOptical WaveguidesPhotonic Integrated CircuitsSilicon PhotonicsIntegrated Optical WaveguidesIntegrated Waveguide CircuitsIntegrated WaveguidesOptical Bench DesignSilicon Photonic InterconnectsSilicon Photonics IntegrationSilicon WaveguidesWaveguide Integration
An optical interconnect transmitter based on guided-wave silicon optical bench is demonstrated. The guided-wave silicon optical bench (GW-SiOB) is developed on a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate. The three-dimensional guided-wave optical paths on the silicon optical bench are realized using trapezoidal waveguides monolithically integrated with 45° micro-reflectors. Such three-dimensional guided-w ave optical paths of SiOB would simplify and shrink the intra-chip optical interconnects located on a SOI substrate. The clearly open eye patterns operated at a data rate of 5 Gbps verifies the proposed GW-SiOB is suitable for intra-chip optical interconnects.
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