The ideal light source for datanets.

The ideal light source for datanets.

The appetite for ever increasing computing power and interconnection bandwidth could be sated by vertical-cavity, surface-emitting lasers (VCSEL) for optical data communication. Made inexpensively using IC processing techniques, they can be diced in planar or linear arrays, such as in the wavelength...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:IEEE spectrum 35, 2 (1998).
Main Author: Giboney, K.S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
IC processing techniques.
Computing power.
Data networks.
Epitaxial growth.
Interconnection bandwidth.
Interior laser design.
Linear arrays.
Optical data communication.
Planar arrays.
Semiconductor light sources.
Vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers.
Wavelength-division multiplexer.