  Optical interconnect is seen as a potential solution to meet the performance
requirements of current and future generation of data processors. Optical
interconnects have negligible frequency dependent loss, low cross talk and high
band width. Optical interconnects are not much used commercially since optical
interconnects technology is incompatible with manufacturing processes and
assembly methods that are currently used in the semiconductor industry. There
are many promising optical interconnect technologies and this paper presents a
brief analysis of current state of optical interconnect technology.
