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Integrated Optoelectronic Materials and Circuits for Optical Interconnects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

L. D. Hutcheson*
Affiliation:
Raynet Corporation, 181 Constitution Dr., Menlo Park, California 94025
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Abstract

Conventional interconnect and switching technology is rapidly becoming a critical issue in the realization of systems using high speed silicon and GaAs based technologies. In recent years clock speeds and on-chip density for VLSI/VHSIC technology has made packaging these high speed chips extremely difficult. A strong case can be made for using optical interconnects for on-chip/on-wafer, chip-to-chip and board-to-board high speed communications. GaAs Integrated Optoelectronic Circuits (IOC's) are being developed in a number of laboratories for performing Input/Output functions at all levels. In this paper integrated optoelectronic materials, electronics and optoelectronic devices are presented. IOC's are examined from the standpoint of what it takes to fabricate the devices and what performance can be expected.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1988

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