Frank Flens

960 Gb/s Optical Backplane Ecosystem Using Embedded Polymer Waveguides and Demonstration in a 12G SAS Storage Array

An optical backplane ecosystem is described and demonstrated that is capable of multi-Tb/s bandwidth and is based on embedded polymer waveguides, passive optical backplane connectors, and midboard optical transceivers with bandwidth up to 28 Gb/s per lane. These systems provide the highest bandwidth-density, lowest power consumption, while maintaining the signal integrity. Ecosystems built around this architecture will provide the bandwidth-density required for next generation fabric interconnect for storage, switching, and routing applications in future high capacity generations of Data Centers and HPC systems. To demonstrate the applicability of this technology, it was used to provide embedded optical connectivity within a functional data storage enclosure.

100GbE- Optical LAN Technologies [Applications & Practice]

This article discusses optical and IC technologies feasible for use in the development of LAN interfaces based on future IEEE 100-gigabit Ethernet SMF and MMF standards. SMF approaches using 10-Gb/s and 25-Gb/s WDM, and DWDM WAN technologies are outlined, with the 25-Gb/s approach examined in detail. The MMF approach using 10-Gb/s parallel optics technology is also examined in detail. Future technologies required for high-volume, low-cost 100 Gb/s are previewed.

960 Gb/s optical backplane using embedded polymer waveguides and demonstration in a 12G SAS storage array

An emerging eco-system is described enabling Tb/s bandwidth optical backplanes based on embedded polymer waveguides, passive optical backplane connectors and mid-board optical transceivers capable of bandwidths up to 28 Gb/s per lane.

Taking optics to the chip: From board-mounted optical assemblies to chip-level optical interconnects

Board-mounted optical assemblies (BOAs) enable significant bandwidth density increase relative to pluggable optics at the card edge. We discuss the challenges for the next step in this evolution as optics moves towards the chip.