Abstract

Optical interconnections have advantages over electrical interconnections in terms of speed, power, and density for high-speed links over distances on the order of centimeters¹. In this paper, we are concerned with a particular interconnection pattern, the k-shuffle². The optical transpose interconnection system³ (OTIS) architecture provides this pattern using only a pair of lenslet arrays. Here, we describe a novel optical system design for implementing the OTIS architecture utilizing vertical emitters (OTIS-VE). In contrast, for high efficiency and power uniformity, earlier designs required individually directed transmitters. We carry out a Gaussian beam analysis to optimize the system parameters and to show that fabrication of the system is feasible.

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