Title :
Polymer waveguides and modulators for optical interconnects
Author :
Ma, Jiong ; Feuerstein, Robert J. ; Mickelson, Alan R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Colorado Univ., Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract :
Electro-optic (EO) polymers are attractive for passive and active interconnections in electronic systems because they are compatible with standard processing and packaging conditions. We have an ongoing program to develop high temperature EO polymers jointly with the IBM Almaden Research Center. This effort is aimed at investigating various polymer backbone systems with both guest host and side chained active materials, in an effort to improve their temperature stability, EO coefficient, ease of processing, and device characteristics. The work is concentrated on directional coupler devices, fabricated from these materials
Keywords :
electro-optical devices; electro-optical modulation; optical directional couplers; optical interconnections; optical polymers; directional coupler devices; electro-optic coefficient; guest host polymers; high temperature electro-optic polymers; modulators; optical interconnects; processing; side chain polymers; temperature stability; waveguides; Electronics packaging; Electrooptic modulators; Electrooptical waveguides; Optical interconnections; Optical modulation; Optical polymers; Optical waveguides; Spine; Stability; Temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1995. 8th Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, Volume 1., IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2450-1
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1995.484828
