Smart Pixel Technologies for Interfacing Optical Memories with Optoelectronic Computing Systems/Guided Wave Optical Interconnections

摘要

This program carried out an evaluation of optical transmitter and receiver technologies for parallel data processing applications. The system performance has been evaluated in terms of the maximum interconnect density at a given data rate. A new III-V smart pixels technology that monolithically integrates MODFETS with MQW modulators and detectors operating at 1064nm wavelength has been developed to fully exploit the high speed of optoelectronic devices while keeping compatibility with flip chip bonding to silicon chips. A complete characterization of this monolithic III-V smart pixel technology has been carried out, including the S and Y parameters extraction for the typical devices implemented by this technology. To demonstrate the applicability of this technology we have implemented a transimmpemdance receiver circuit with bandwidth of 9 GHz and an 8x8 active pixel sensor array with 285 MHz operation.