Design, Implementation, and Characterization of a Kinematically Aligned, Cascaded Spot- Array Generator for a Modulator-Based Free-Space Optical Interconnect
Applied Optics, Vol. 39, Issue 5, pp. 733-745 (2000)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.39.000733
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Abstract
The design and the implementation of a modular spot-array generator for a modulator-based free-space optical interconnect is presented. Two cascaded diffractive optical elements produce 4 × 8 clusters on a 1600 μm × 800 μm pitch, where each cluster is a 4 × 4 array of (1/e2) 13.1-μm-radius spots on a 90-μm pitch. The spot-array generator is kinematically aligned to the interconnect system such that no realignment is necessary between removal and reinsertion. Characterization results are presented.
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OCIS Codes
(050.0050) Diffraction and gratings : Diffraction and gratings
(200.2610) Optics in computing : Free-space digital optics
(200.4650) Optics in computing : Optical interconnects
Citation
Daniel F.- Brosseau, Frédéric Lacroix, Michael H. Ayliffe, Eric Bernier, Brian Robertson, Frank A. P. Tooley, David V. Plant, and Andrew G. Kirk, "Design, Implementation, and Characterization of a Kinematically Aligned, Cascaded Spot- Array Generator for a Modulator-Based Free-Space Optical Interconnect," Appl. Opt. 39, 733-745 (2000)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-39-5-733
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