We demonstrate the operation of a multiple channel chip-to-chip wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) interconnect through a single fiber using GaAs diodes flip-chip bonded onto silicon. Multiplexing information onto a single fiber can minimize the high costs of fiber pigtailing, while avoiding time-division multiplexing circuits with their associated power consumption, latency, and very high-speed electronics. Additionally, traditional WDM systems use a separate laser for each channel. This increases both cost and complexity by requiring multiple sources and wavelength stabilization. We eliminate these concerns by using a mode-locked Ti:sapphire femtosecond laser as a broadband WDM source and employing the technique of "spectral slicing" to define our WDM channels.


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    Title :

    Wavelength division multiplexed optical interconnects using femtosecond optical pulses


    Contributors:
    Agarwal, D. (author) / Keeler, G.A. (author) / Nelson, B.E. (author) / Miller, D.A.B. (author)


    Publication date :

    1999-01-01


    Size :

    172526 byte





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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