225 Gb/s bi-directional integrated optical PCB link

We report a bidirectional optical link through polymer waveguides integrated on PCB. With 15 channels at 15 Gb/s (BER <10−12 and <10 pJ/bit), the channel and aggregate bandwidths are the highest reported for waveguide interconnects.

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