Demonstration of high-speed transmission through waveguide-embedded optical backplane

Seung-Ho Ahn; In-Kui Cho; Sang-Pil Han; Keun Byoung Yoon; Man-Seop Lee

doi:10.1117/1.2338557

1 August 2006 Demonstration of high-speed transmission through waveguide-embedded optical backplane

Seung-Ho Ahn, In-Kui Cho, Sang-Pil Han, Keun Byoung Yoon, Man-Seop Lee

Author Affiliations +

Optical Engineering, Vol. 45, Issue 8, 085401 (August 2006). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2338557

Abstract

The system performance of data- and telecommunication equipment must keep up with the increasing network speed. Optical interconnections technology is a promising alternative for high-throughput systems. We demonstrate the optical backplane system using a waveguide-embedded optical backplane and two processing boards. The transmitter and receiver modules were prepared for optical printed circuit boards (PCBs), which consists of the metal optical bench, the driver chips, vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs), photodiodes, and a tapered polymeric waveguide. We report high-speed transmission of 2⁷–1 pseudorandom bit sequence (PRBS) nonreturn to zero (NRZ) data up to 10 Gbits/s through the optical backplane system. The results demonstrate that the optical backplane system can be practical and valuable for the future high-throughput systems by using metal optical bench and precisely machined optical plug-adaptor structure to achieve stable board-to-board interconnection.

©(2006) Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)

Citation Download Citation

Seung-Ho Ahn, In-Kui Cho, Sang-Pil Han, Keun Byoung Yoon, and Man-Seop Lee "Demonstration of high-speed transmission through waveguide-embedded optical backplane," Optical Engineering 45(8), 085401 (1 August 2006). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2338557

Published: 1 August 2006

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE

INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.

SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION

PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.

PERSONAL SIGN IN

No SPIE Account? Create one

PURCHASE THIS CONTENT

SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY

50 downloads per 1-year subscription

Members: $195

Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART

25 downloads per 1 - year subscription

Members: $145

Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART

PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE

Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available