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.
© 1997 Optical Society of America
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