Study of Optical Data Paths for Multicomputer Interconnections

本项目的目标是确定几种技术和相关设计技术在开发用于互连处理器和并行处理系统的端到端光学数据路径中的可行性。 一些建议用于数据路径的光学元件，如聚合物波导，光开关，光纤/波导耦合，已被证明是单独操作。 该项目将使用这些组件构建和表征几个端到端系统。 这项工作将分阶段进行，首先从离散的购买组件建立数据路径，然后用集成基板取代单个组件，该基板使用聚合物波导将源，开关和检测器互连。

The goal of this project is to determine the feasibility of several technologies and associated design techniques in the development of an end-to-end optical data path for use in interconnecting processors and a massively-parallel processing system. Some of the optical components proposed for use in the data path, such as polymer waveguides, optical switches, and fiber/waveguide couplings, have been shown to operate individually. This project will construct and characterize several end-to-end systems using these components. The work will proceed in phases, in which a data path is first built up from discrete purchased components, then individual components are replaced with an integrated substrate that uses polymer waveguides to interconnect sources, switches, and detectors.