Je. Leight et al., SYSTEM-DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE OF RECONFIGURABLE AND SIMULTANEOUS 2D MULTIPLE-PLANE WDM OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS, Electronics Letters, 33(7), 1997, pp. 613-614
A system design for reconfigurable and simultaneous 2D multiple-plane
WDM optical interconnects has been investigated. Device characteristic
s such as detector responsivity shape, efficiency, and complexity affe
ct the design requirements for wavelength separation and channel power
. With decreasing wavelength separation, increased optical crosstalk a
nd signal power loss result in performance penalties most notably for
the middle wavelength channels. When signal power loss and optical cro
sstalk from the detection of undesired channels are evaluated, it is f
ound that wavelength channel spacing down to 10nm can be tolerated for
the specific detector responsivity shape and efficiency attainable fr
om currently available devices.