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Demonstration of a compact low-power 250-Gb/s parallel-WDM optical interconnect

Agilent Labs., Palo Alto, CA, USA
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters (impact factor: 2.19). 02/2005; DOI:10.1109/LPT.2004.838157 pp.220 - 222
Source: IEEE Xplore

ABSTRACT In this letter, we demonstrate error-free operation of a 12-fiber ×4-wavelength ×5.21-Gb/s parallel-wavelength-division-multiplexed (PWDM) optical link. The 250-Gb/s transmitter and receiver assemblies each have a 5×8-mm footprint and consume a combined power of 1.5 W. To our knowledge, this is the first publication of a fully functional PWDM optical interconnect as well as the highest demonstrated bandwidth per unit area and bandwidth per unit power consumption for any multiple-channel fiber-optic interconnect. This technology is intended for short-distance high-bandwidth-density applications such as multiprocessor computer backplanes.

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Keywords

12-fiber ×4-wavelength ×5.21-Gb/s parallel-wavelength-division-multiplexed
 
first publication
 
functional PWDM optical interconnect
 
highest
 
multiple-channel fiber-optic interconnect
 
multiprocessor computer backplanes
 
receiver assemblies
 
short-distance high-bandwidth-density applications
 
unit area
 
unit power consumption
 

B.E. Lemoff