HIGHLY-PARALLEL OPTICAL INTERCONNECT SYSTEMS BASED ON VOLUME HOLOGRAPHY AND FIBER OPTICS

THIS PROJECT USES AN OPTICAL HOLOGRAPHIC/FIBER APPROACH TO REALIZE HIGHLY PARALLEL INTERCONNECT SYSTEMS. THESE OPTICAL INTERCONNECT SYSTEMS WILL SUBSTANTIALLY ENHANCE THE PERFORMANCE OF EXISTING ELECTRONIC INTERCONNECT SYSTEMS. THE OPTICAL INTERCONNECT SYSTEMS CAN BE USED TO PERFORM ONE-TO-MANY (1-TO-N), MANY-TO-1 (N-TO-1), AND MANY-TO-MANY (N-TO-M) INTERCONNECT OPERATIONS. SPECIFICALLY, ADVANCED HOLOGRAPHIC TECHNOLOGY CAN PROVIDE HIGH DENSITY FAN-OUT AND FAN-IN INTERCONNECTS (GREATER THAN 100) VIA A CASCADED STRUCTURE. THIS CASCADED STRUCTURE NOT ONLY ACHIEVES MASSIVE INTERCONNECTS, BUT ALSO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCES ALIGNMENT PROBLEMS BETWEEN INTERCONNECT HOLOGRAMS AND FIBERS. FURTHERMORE, THE PROPRIETARY NON-IMAGING OPTICS COLLIMATOR/CONCENTRATOR USED AS THE INTERFACE BETWEEN INTERCONNECT HOLOGRAMS AND FIBERS HAS VERY LOW LOSS (LESS THAN 0.15 DB). PHASE I WILL EXPERIMENTALLY DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY AND PACKAGING OF THESE OPTICAL INTERCONNECT SYSTEMS. THE CHARACTERIZATION OF ENTIRE INTERCONNECT SYSTEMS, INCLUDING SYSTEM LOSS, CROSSTALK, AND INTERCONNECTABILITY ALSO WILL BE PERFORMED. IN ADDITION, THE APPLICATIONS FOR EXISTING ELECTRONIC INTERCONNECT SYSTEMS WILL BE STUDIED.