Free-space Optical Interconnects For A One Kilobit RAM Chip

Abstract

Free-Space Optical Interconnects for a One Kilobit RAM Chip M.R. Feldman, C.C. Guest, S.C. Esener, S.H. Lee and S . Krishnakumar, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA. A.R. Johnston and R. Hartmayer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA. Ademonstration system for free-space optical interconnects using a one kilobit RAM chip with integrated optical detectors, a semiconductor laser source, and a computer generated holographic optical element has been assembled and tested. Optical inputs onto the chip were used as row address signals to read data from the chip.