Optical links for the ATLAS Pixel Detector

With the expected increase in the instantaneous luminosity of the LHC in the next few years, the off-detector optical read-out system of the outer two layers of the Pixel Detector of the ATLAS experiment will reach its bandwidth limits. The bandwidth will be increased with new optical receivers, which had to be redesigned since commercial solutions could not be used. The new design allows for a wider operational range in terms of data frequency and input optical power to match the on-detector transmitters of the present Pixel Detector. We report on the design and testing of prototypes of these components and the plans for the installation in the Pixel Detector read-out chain in 2015