Title :
Precision assembly of polymer waveguide components for silicon photonic packaging
Author :
Taira, Yoichi ; Numata, Hidetoshi ; Barwicz, Tymon
Author_Institution :
IBM Res. - Tokyo, Kawasaki, Japan
Abstract :
Silicon nanophtonics technology brings huge advances to telecom, datacom and computer communication. The use of this technology requires a cost effective method of optical input/output coupling with the external fiber cable. Use of the optical polymer waveguides enables a versatile coupling method. Because the optical signals are in a single mode, tighter positioning accuracy is necessary to realize a low loss coupling. We report the analysis of the alignment method of optical connector to connect the polymer and fibers and describe a new method to improve the positioning accuracy.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; integrated circuit packaging; nanophotonics; optical polymers; optical waveguides; silicon; Si; computer communication; datacom; fiber cable; nanophotonics technology; optical connector; optical input/output coupling; optical polymer waveguides; optical signals; photonic packaging; telecom; Assembly; Nanophotonics; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber couplers; Polymers; Silicon; fiber coupler; passive alignment; poylmer waveguide film; silicon photonics;
Conference_Titel :
CPMT Symposium Japan (ICSJ), 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-6194-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICSJ.2014.7009610
