Optoelectronic integrated circuits for high speed signal processing
Abstract
Advances in computational speed and system complexity are proceeding at a rapid pace. As systems become more complex and demands for computation speed increase, parallel processing becomes the solution to meeting the requirements for future systems. A significant bottleneck in these and other systems is interconnect and communication problems between chips and subsystems. In addition, communication systems designers need rugged and reliable high speed transmitters and receivers. This paper discusses the design, development, and performance of GaAs optoelectronic integrated circuits for application in optical interconnection control and signal processing. The requirements and approaches for realization of practical optical interconnects and report on work in progress at Rockwell are reviewed. Performance and design criteria of optical transmitters and receivers as well as data obtained on 1:8 demultiplexed receivers are given.
- Publication:
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Optical Engineering
- Pub Date:
- October 1986
- DOI:
- 10.1117/12.7973966
- Bibcode:
- 1986OptEn..25.1119K
- Keywords:
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- Integrated Optics;
- Optical Communication;
- Optical Data Processing;
- Photonics;
- Signal Processing;
- Vhsic (Circuits);
- Demultiplexing;
- Gallium Arsenide Lasers;
- Multiplexing;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering