RWCP participated in InterOpto'99, an international exhibition of the optical industry held in July 1999, and provided a panel presentation of optical interconnection technology derived from the RWC Project. The following is a brief report on the exhibition and our display.
1.Outline of InterOpto'99 (International Optoelectronics Exhibition 1999)
Duration: July 13 (Tue.) to 16 (Fri.), 1999
Place: International Exhibition Hall of Makuhari Messe, Chiba, Japan
Participants: 227 companies (140 Japanese companies, 87 foreign companies)
Visitors: 77,597
Sponsor and cosponsor: Optoelectronic Industry and Technology Development Association (OITDA), Nihon Kogyo Shimbun
2. Panel presentation of optical interconnection technology in the RWC Project
Booth: No.178 (One base unit: 3 m by 3 m)
Presentation style: Panel presentation of the RWC Project and its research results in the optical interconnection technology field * Overview of the RWC Project (Panel presentation of RWCP) * Individual research themes of optical interconnection (Panel presentation by eight partnership members)
(1) Large throughput optical interconnection: Subsystem for RHiNET distributed parallel computing system (Optical Interconnection Hitachi Laboratory)
(2) 1.3 um Semiconductor Lasers on InGaAs Ternary Substrates: Toward low-drive voltage surface emitting laser for optical interconnection (Optical Interconnection Fujitsu Laboratory)
(3) Optical IP core and Long wavelength VCSELs for Optical Interconnection (Optical Interconnection NEC Laboratory)
(4) High-density optical bus: Inter- and intra-machine optical interconnections (Optical Interconnection Oki Laboratory)
(5) Fiber-grating laser diode for WDM systems (Optical Interconnection Sumiden Laboratory)
(6) New multi-mode fiber ribbon for parallel optical interconnection (Optical Interconnection Fujikura Laboratory)
(7) Alignment Free VCSEL Module (Optical Interconnection Furukawa Laboratory)
(8) Space division multiplexing optical interconnection (Optical Interconnection NSG Laboratory)
Brief review:
RWCP's booth welcomed approximately 550 visitors during four days. Based on reflection of last year's presentation which was our first presentation at the exhibition, each laboratory sent a researcher for the panel presentation, who spoke to visitors and answered questions. Additionally, the design and lighting of the booth were also made better. Within the RWC Project, optical interconnection is an important elementary technology that is essential for the development of seamless parallel and distributed computing systems (a high-speed parallel computer consisting of many interconnected PCs).