Title :
Fibre management technique for optical device integration on circuit board with hundreds of optical connections
Author :
Kobayashi, M. ; Yoshida, T. ; Asakawa, S. ; Arishima, K. ; Hirayama, M. ; Kominato, T. ; Goh, T. ; Hida, Y. ; Sumida, S. ; Kawai, T.
Author_Institution :
NTT Photonics Labs., Ibaraki, Japan
fDate :
8/17/2000 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors present a technique for fibre management on a circuit board, which utilises newly-developed, flexible optical fibre circuits and multifibre physical contact connectors. The technique achieves compact fibre wiring and easy fibre connection for hundreds of fibres on a circuit board. The authors have fabricated a compact 8×16 delivery and coupling switch board using the technique
Keywords :
integrated optoelectronics; optical fabrication; optical fibre couplers; optical interconnections; switching circuits; 8×16 delivery and coupling switch board; circuit board; compact fibre wiring; easy fibre connection; fibre management technique; flexible optical fibre circuits; multifibre physical contact connectors; optical device integration; optical fibre interconnections; optical interconnections;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20001052
