Cost-effective 10 Gb/s polymer-based chip-to-chip optical interconnect

Board-level optical links are an attractive alternative to their electrical counterparts as they provide higher bandwidth and lower power consumption at high data rates. However, on-board optical technology has to be cost-effective to be commercially deployed. This study presents a chip-to-chip optical interconnect formed on an optoelectronic printed circuit board that uses a simple optical coupling scheme, cost-effective materials and is compatible with well-established manufacturing processes common to the electronics industry. Details of the link architecture, modelling studies of the link's frequency response, characterisation of optical coupling efficiencies and dynamic performance studies of this proof-of-concept chip-to-chip optical interconnect are reported. The fully assembled link exhibits a -3 dBe bandwidth of 9 GHz and -3 dBo tolerances to transverse component misalignments of ±25 and ±37 μm at the input and output waveguide interfaces, respectively. The link has a total insertion loss of 6 dBo and achieves error-free transmission at a 10 Gb/s data rate with a power margin of 11.6 dBo for a bit-error-rate of 10 -12. The proposed architecture demonstrates an integration approach for high-speed board-level chip-to-chip optical links that emphasises component simplicity and manufacturability crucial to the migration of such technology into real-world commercial systems. © 2012 The Institution of Engineering and Technology.

超重环境对斑马鱼仔鱼早期发育和耳石形态学与化学组成的影响

目的本研究以模式动物斑马鱼为研究对象,通过研究超重下鱼体的早期发育和耳石变化,探讨了脊椎动物前庭系统对超重环境的适应机制。方法斑马鱼受精卵在受精后10h分别置于1G和5G重力环境中,观察鱼体发育状态和耳石的形态;使用Zeiss软件比较1G和5G下耳石大小;使用EDAX检测耳石微化学成分含量变化。结果1)斑马鱼从鱼卵向早期仔鱼发育过程中超重环境影响仔鱼发育,耳石形态在初期显著变大(P<0.01),其后耳石变小;2)EDAX检测表明,耳石中S和Sr含量升高,Na和Ca的含量减少;3)出现矢耳石与微耳石融合的现