Opto-Very-Large-Scale Integrated (Opto-VLSI) Processors

This Opto-VLSI Processor was designed at ECU and fabricated in Taiwan It has 2.5 million 10x10 micron2-pixels It has 56 million transistors in the VLSI backplane It is Polarisation-insensitive It steers optical beams with no mechanically moving components

An Opto-VLSI processor consists of an array of electro-optic cells independently addressed by a Very-Large-Scale-Integrated (VLSI) circuit to generate a reconfigurable, reflective digital holographic diffraction grating capable of steering and/or multicasting an optical beam.

Fabricated Opto-VLSI processors are electronically controlled, software configure, polarisation independent, cost effective because of the high-volume manufacturing capability of VLSI chips as well as the capability of controlling multiple fibre ports in one compact Opto-VLSI module, and very reliable since beam steering/multicasting is achieved with no mechanically moving part.

Multifunction Opto-VLSI Processor

 

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