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    Area of Science:

    • Optoelectronics
    • Computer Engineering
    • Photonics

    Background:

    • Reconfigurable optical interconnects are crucial for flexible, high-performance communication in multi-chip systems.
    • Efficient parallel signal processing demands adaptable inter-chip communication architectures.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To demonstrate a proof-of-concept for 2.5 Gbps reconfigurable optical interconnects using Opto-VLSI processors.
    • To showcase the flexibility of the architecture for single, multicasting, and parallel interconnects.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilized Opto-VLSI processors as beam steerers and multicasters.
    • Integrated an 850nm vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSEL) array and a photodiode (PD) array onto a PCB.
    • Drove Opto-VLSI processors with digital phase holograms for steering and multicasting.

    Main Results:

    • Successfully demonstrated 2.5 Gbps reconfigurable optical interconnects.
    • Experimentally validated the architecture through three distinct scenarios (single, multicasting, parallel).
    • Achieved high-speed N-to-N optical interconnects.

    Conclusions:

    • This work presents the first reported high-speed reconfigurable N-to-N optical interconnects architecture.
    • The demonstrated architecture significantly impacts the flexibility and efficiency of large shared-memory multiprocessor machines.