“…OE-VLSI consists of the hybrid integration of (at least) thousands of optical sources or modulators, optical detectors, and silicon VLSI circuitry. While a 'VCSEL based OE-VLSI platform is currently desired by many working in the field, a MQW modulator based platform 12-61 is currently commercially available [41 with Gb/s U 0 speeds [5], up to 65k optical U 0 161 and potential aggTegate U 0 bandwidths exceeding a terabit per second [7]. VCSEL based OE-VLSI [8,9], has recently achieved the integration of 256 VCSELs on a silicon driver, with only one VCSEL operating concurrently, and no integrated detectors [9].…”