Gigabyte/s parallel fiber-optic links based on edge emitting laser diode arrays

We present a ten-channel parallel fiber optic link consisting of a transmitter based on an edge emitting laser diode array operating nominally at 1 /spl mu/m wavelength and a complementary receiver based on an InGaAs pin photodetector array. We demonstrate fiber optic link performance up to data rates of 1 Gb/s per channel with low skew at measurement time limited bit error rates lower than 10/sup -11/ over 100 m of multimode fiber ribbon cable. The transmitter is operational, with very clear eye opening, up to baseplate temperatures of 105/spl deg/C.