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Wiring electronics with light

Nature Photonics volume 1, pages 153–155 (2007)Cite this article

As data rates continue to spiral upwards, electrical interconnects based on copper traces and wires are struggling to keep up and optical solutions are looking increasingly attractive.

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Figure 1: The market adoption of communication technology (optical versus electrical) as a function of transmission distance.
Figure 2: Measured electrical-data rates as a function of distance for various material systems including standard FR4, Rogers and Flex.
Figure 3: Structure of the parallel VCSEL wavelength-division-multiplexed interconnect module developed by HP under the MAUI program.
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Alduino, A., Paniccia, M. Wiring electronics with light. Nature Photon 1, 153–155 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2007.17

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