Loss analysis for a two wire optical waveguide for chip-to-chip communication

doi:10.1364/OE.21.005226

Loss analysis for a two wire optical waveguide for chip-to-chip communication

Jonathan Dickason and K.W. Goossen »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 21, Issue 5, pp. 5226-5231 (2013)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.21.005226

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Abstract

We propose an optical interconnect system for chip-to-chip communication using gold bond wires as a two wire waveguide. Here the loss of such a waveguide is determined for near-IR wavelengths, for different wire sizes and configurations, and show that we can achieve transmission loss coefficients less than 0.4 mm⁻¹ (1.7 dB/mm) making chip-to-chip optical communication possible using two-wire transmission lines made of standard gold bond wires. Such an optical waveguide scheme would greatly simplify inter-chip optical communication compared with existing waveguide concepts.

OCIS Codes
(200.4650) Optics in computing : Optical interconnects
(230.7370) Optical devices : Waveguides

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Optics in Computing

History
Original Manuscript: October 31, 2012
Revised Manuscript: February 15, 2013
Manuscript Accepted: February 17, 2013
Published: February 25, 2013

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Jonathan Dickason and K.W. Goossen, "Loss analysis for a two wire optical waveguide for chip-to-chip communication," Opt. Express 21, 5226-5231 (2013)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-21-5-5226

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Analui, B.
Athale, R. A.
Baks, C. W.
Bour, D. P.
Budd, R. A.
Chiniwalla, P.
Dangel, R.
Darcie, T. E.
Doany, F. E.
Dolfi, D. W.
Goodman, J. W.
Guckenberger, D.
Gunn, C.
Hedge, S.
Heshmat, B.
Horst, F.
John, R. A.
Ju, J. J.
Kash, J. A.
Kim, J. T.
Kim, M. S.
Kucharski, D.
Kuchta, D. M.
Kung, S. Y.
Kwark, Y. H.
Lee, M. H.
Leonberger, F. J.
Libsch, F. R.
Lin, C. K.
Mbonye, M.
Mendis, R.
Miller, D. A. B.
Mittleman, D. M.
Narasimha, A.
Nyikal, H.
Nystrom, M.
Offrein, B. J.
Ozaktas, H. M.
Pahlevaninezhad, H.
Park, S.
Park, S. K.
Patel, C. S.
Pepeljugoski, P. K.
Rosner, J.
Schares, L.
Schaub, J. D.
Schow, C. L.
Schuster, C.
Shan, L.
Tan, M. R. T.
Tandon, A.
Trewhella, J. M.
Trott, G. R.
Tsang, C. K.
Watson, T. J.
Wu, T. T.

Appl. Phys. Lett.

M. Mbonye, R. Mendis, and D. M. Mittleman, “A terahertz two-wire waveguide with low bending loss,” Appl. Phys. Lett.95(23), 233506 (2009). [CrossRef]

IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron.

L. Schares, T. J. Watson, J. A. Kash, F. E. Doany, C. L. Schow, C. Schuster, D. M. Kuchta, P. K. Pepeljugoski, J. M. Trewhella, C. W. Baks, R. A. John, L. Shan, Y. H. Kwark, R. A. Budd, P. Chiniwalla, F. R. Libsch, J. Rosner, C. K. Tsang, C. S. Patel, J. D. Schaub, R. Dangel, F. Horst, B. J. Offrein, D. Kucharski, D. Guckenberger, S. Hedge, H. Nyikal, C. K. Lin, A. Tandon, G. R. Trott, M. Nystrom, D. P. Bour, M. R. T. Tan, and D. W. Dolfi, “Terabus: terabit/second-class card-level optical interconnect technologies,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron.12(5), 1032–1044 (2006).

IEEE J. Solid-State Circuits

B. Analui, D. Guckenberger, D. Kucharski, and A. Narasimha, “A fully integrated 20-Gb/s optoelectronic transceiver implemented in a standard 0.13-µm CMOS SOI technology,” IEEE J. Solid-State Circuits41, 2945–2955 (2006). [CrossRef]

IEEE Micro

C. Gunn, “CMOS photonics for high-speed interconnects,” IEEE Micro26(2), 58–66 (2006). [CrossRef]

J. Math. Phys.

T. T. Wu, “Theory of the dipole antenna and the two wire transmission line,” J. Math. Phys.2(4), 550 (1961). [CrossRef]

J. Optoelectron.

D. A. B. Miller, “Physical reasons for optical interconnection,” J. Optoelectron.11, 155–168 (1997).

J. Parallel Distrib. Comput.

D. A. B. Miller and H. M. Ozaktas, “Limit to the bit-rate capacity of electrical interconnects from the aspect ratio of the system architecture,” J. Parallel Distrib. Comput.41(1), 42–52 (1997). [CrossRef]

Opt. Express

Proc. IEEE

J. W. Goodman, F. J. Leonberger, S. Y. Kung, and R. A. Athale, “Optical interconnections for VLSI systems,” Proc. IEEE72(7), 850–866 (1984).
D. A. B. Miller, “Rationale and challenges for optical interconnects to electronic chips,” Proc. IEEE88(6), 728–749 (2000). [CrossRef]

Other

J. D. Jackson, Classical electrodynamics, 3rd ed. (John Wiley & Sons, 1999), pp. 352–356.
D. W. Lynch and W. R. Hunter, “Metals,” in Handbook of Optical Constants of Solids, E.D. Palik, ed. (Academic, 1998).

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