Optical proximity communication using reflective mirrors.
Open Access
- 10 September 2008
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Express
- Vol. 16 (19), 15052-15058
- https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.16.015052
Abstract
Optical proximity communication (OPxC) with reflecting mirrors is presented. Direct optical links are demonstrated for silicon chips with better than -2.5dB coupling loss, excluding surface losses. OPxC is a true broadband solution with little impairment to the signal integrity for high-speed optical transmission. With wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) enabled OPxC, very high bandwidth density I/O, orders of magnitude higher than the traditional electrical I/O, can be achieved for silicon chips.Keywords
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