Optical interconnects

• Main Author: Chen, Ray T.
• Other Authors: Choi, Chulchae.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: San Rafael, Calif. (1537 Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, c2007.
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Series: Synthesis lectures on solid state materials and devices (Online), #2.
• Subjects: Optical interconnects.; Semiconductor lasers.; Printed circuits.; Multichip modules (Microelectronics); Integrated circuits > Very large scale integration.
• Online Access: Abstract with links to resource

This book describes a fully embedded board level optical interconnects in detail including the fabrication of the thin-film VCSEL array, its characterization, thermal management, the fabrication of optical interconnection layer, and the integration of mentioned devices on a flexible waveguide film....

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Motivation
• Overview of optical interconnects
• Fully embedded board level optical interconnects
• Chapter organization
• Thinned vertical cavity surface emitting laser fabrication
• Design of an epitaxial layer structure
• Fabrication of the vertical cavity surface emitting laser
• VCSEL characterization
• Electrical and optical characteristics
• High-speed modulation characteristics
• Thermal resistance
• Thermal management of embedded VCSEL
• Two dimensional finite element analysis
• Optical interconnection layer
• Waveguide micromirror coupler
• Soft molding
• Propagation loss measurement
• System integration
• Integration of thin-film VCSEL and detector arrays on oil
• Hybrid integration of oil and printed circuit board
• Summary
• Effects of thermal-via structures on thin film VCSELs for a fully embedded board-level optical interconnection system
• Fabrication of a thin film VCSEL and measurement of thermal resistance (Rth)
• Numerical modeling of self-heating effect for a thin film VCSEL
• Thermal-via structures for the fully embedded thin film VCSEL
• Conclusion
• Acknowledgments.