Low cost integrated photonic systems

Author

Bostock, R.M. ; Townsend, J.E. ; Jones, R. ; Jansen, R.-J.E. ; Moore, D.F.

Author_Institution

Cambridge Consultants Ltd., UK

Volume

2

fYear

1997

Firstpage

274

Abstract

Integrated optics will be more widely exploited when the integration of building blocks is low cost, versatile and reliable. Interconnection between active and passive components is a critical part of building such devices. We have developed a proprietary method for achieving fully passive alignment of optical fibres to other critical components using standard Si processing technologies. It is therefore stable for low cost high volume manufacture. High yields and excellent stability over a wide range of environmental conditions have been demonstrated

Keywords

integrated circuit reliability; integrated circuit technology; integrated optoelectronics; optical fabrication; optical fibre couplers; optical interconnections; photolithography; surface mount technology; thermal stability; Si; active components; building blocks; fully passive alignment; high yields; integrated optics; low cost; low cost high volume manufacture; low cost integrated photonic systems; of environmental conditions; optical fibre connecting; optical fibres; passive components; reliable; standard Si processing technologies; Connectors; Costs; Manufacturing; Optical design; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber testing; Optical polymers; Optical waveguides; Silicon; Stress;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1997. LEOS '97 10th Annual Meeting. Conference Proceedings., IEEE

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3895-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1997.645415

Filename

645415