title: Optical proximity communication using reflective mirrors.
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.
authors.affiliation: Sun Microsystems Inc, 9515 Towne Centre Dr, San Diego, CA 92121, USA. xuezhe.zheng@sun.com
authors.forename: Xuezhe
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: John E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Cunningham
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Shubin
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Simons
authors.forename: Mehdi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Asghari
authors.forename: Dazeng
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Hongbin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lei
authors.forename: Dawei
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Cheng-chih
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Kung
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Luff
authors.forename: Theresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sze
authors.forename: Danny
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: Ashok V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Krishnamoorthy
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D007909:Lenses; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010783:Photometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012825:Silicon / Q000737:chemistry*; D013685:Telecommunications / Q000295:instrumentation*
chemical_list: D012825:Silicon