ABSTRACT
The idea of optical interconnect is to optical technology to transmit or connect devices, components, and subsystems instead of metal wiring. The advantage of optical interconnect includes its high speed capability basically with no limit, light weight, and low power consumption. Another important issue is parallel lightwave systems including numerous optical fibers. By taking this advantage, the optical interconnect is considered to be inevitable also in the computer technology. Some parallel interconnect schemes and new concepts are being researched. Vertical optical interconnect of Large Scale Integration chips and circuit boards may be another interesting issue. The two-dimensional arrayed configuration of surface emitting lasers and planar optics will give way to a new era of opto-electronics. Massively integrated parallel optical devices are becoming important for use in future parallel electronics such as optical routing systems, optical data transfer, optical image processing, parallel optical recording.
