Flip chip mountable optical waveguide amplifier for optical backplane systems

Author

Uhlig, Steffen ; Robertsson, Mats

Author_Institution

Linkoping Univ., Norrkoping, Sweden

fYear

2005

fDate

31 May-3 June 2005

Firstpage

1880

Abstract

A concept study of a planar optical waveguide amplifier is presented, where the amplifier is to be used in optical backplane or motherboard systems with planar polymer optical waveguides. The amplification device can be flip chip mounted on the backplane to pre-amplify an incoming signal, compensate optical losses due to signal routing, or post amplify an output signal. The hybrid concept design guarantees compatibility with the processes of the PCB industry. In addition to the amplifier design, a review of recent literature of polymer waveguide systems and optical amplifiers using silicon technology was performed to analyze the expected losses in an optical backplane.

Keywords

optical backplanes; optical polymers; optical waveguides; amplification device; flip chip; motherboard systems; optical backplane systems; optical losses; optical waveguide amplifier; planar polymer optical waveguides; signal routing; silicon technology; Backplanes; Flip chip; Optical amplifiers; Optical losses; Optical planar waveguides; Optical polymers; Optical waveguides; Planar waveguides; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronic Components and Technology Conference, 2005. Proceedings. 55th

ISSN

0569-5503

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8907-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECTC.2005.1442054

Filename

1442054