Boisset GC, Ayliffe MH, Robertson B, Iyer R, Liu YS, Plant DV, Goodwill DJ, Kabal D, Pavlasek D. Optomechanics for a four-stage hybrid-self-electro-optic-device-based free-space optical backplane.
APPLIED OPTICS 1997;
36:7341-7358. [PMID:
18264242 DOI:
10.1364/ao.36.007341]
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Abstract
We present the design, fabrication, and testing of optomechanics for a free-space optical backplane mounted in a standard 6U VME backplane chassis. The optomechanics implement an optical interconnect consisting of lenslet-to-lenslet, as well as conventional lens-to-lens, links. Mechanical, optical, electrical, thermal, material, and fabrication constraints are studied. Design trade-offs that affect system scalability and ease of assembly are put forward and analyzed. Novel mounting techniques such as a thermal-loaded interference-fitted lens-mounting technique are presented and discussed. Diagnostic tools are developed to quantify the performance of the optomechanics, and experimental results are given and analyzed.
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