OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR-DEVICES AND MODULES FOR OPTICAL PARALLEL LINK

Optical parallel links are promising key techniques for increasing the transmission capacity and distance of high-throughput interconnections in B-ISDN systems. The most important requirements in these links are small size, low power consumption, and low cost. These requirements cannot be met using the optical devices and modules used in conventional long-haul, large-capacity optical transmission systems. This paper describes some new optical semiconductor devices and modules for optical parallel links.