Title :
Development of a low-cost low-loss polymer waveguide technology for parallel optical interconnect applications
Author :
Dangel, Roger ; Bapst, Urs ; Berger, Christoph ; Beyeler, René ; Dellmann, Laurent ; Horst, Folkert ; Offrein, Bert ; Bona, Gian-Luca
Author_Institution :
IBM Zurich Res. Lab., Ruschlikon, Switzerland
Abstract :
We report on the material evaluation, design, fabrication, and characterization of low-loss multimode polymer waveguides that are compatible with standard PCB manufacturing processes for use in large-area high-density high speed optical backplane interconnects.
Keywords :
integrated optoelectronics; optical backplanes; optical design techniques; optical fabrication; optical polymers; optical waveguide theory; printed circuit manufacture; high speed optical backplane interconnect; low-loss multimode polymer waveguide; material design; material evaluation; material fabrication; parallel optical interconnect application; polymer waveguide technology; standard PCB manufacturing process; Backplanes; High speed optical techniques; Laboratories; Optical arrays; Optical design; Optical interconnections; Optical polymers; Optical scattering; Optical waveguides; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Biophotonics/Optical Interconnects and VLSI Photonics/WBM Microcavities, 2004 Digest of the LEOS Summer Topical Meetings
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8306-0
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2004.1338689
