For those curious I found this website (http://pofto.com/) which was
very helpful.  Unfortunately finding the connectors etc. is still a bit
difficult.  Most of the integrated packages are designed for low speed
(5-8mbps).  Slightly higher speed connectors do exist (13-25mps).  Thus
if you want anything faster than the standard Toshiba TOSlink you
likely will have to roll your own.  It's possible to use the optical
1394

http://www.firecomms.com/  has information on high speed data links
using there optical devices. However no complete standard subassemblies
just the Transmitter and Receiver elements that can be integrated into
them (yeah more expense!)

Side note optical communication appears to have a lot of interesting
challenges associated with it.  One of which is keeping things
synchronise over a distance if you have some sort of need for precise
data rate exchange (not terribly important for my application).

I hope this helps other people looking for similar information.


		
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