Title : 
Improvement of transmission distance of a 25-Gb/s FPC-OE with polymer waveguide by a microlens-imprinted film
         
        
            Author : 
Shiraishi, Tomohiro ; Yagisawa, Takatoshi ; Tsunoda, Yukito ; Sugawara, Mariko ; Ikeuchi, T. ; Ide, Satoshi ; Tanaka, Kiyoshi
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Fujitsu Labs. Ltd., Atsugi, Japan
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
A cost-effective microlens-imprinted film between the VCSEL and the polymer waveguide has a benefit of improving mode launch condition in multimode fiber. We demonstrated 25-Gb/s 200-m multimode-fiber transmission by using this novel FPC-OE transceiver.
         
        
            Keywords : 
microlenses; optical polymers; optical transceivers; optical waveguides; printed circuits; surface emitting lasers; FPC-OE transceiver; VCSEL; bit rate 25 Gbit/s; flexible printed circuit optical engine; microlens-imprinted film; mode launch condition; multimode fiber transmission; polymer waveguide; size 200 m; Films; Lenses; Microoptics; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical waveguides; Polymers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), 2013
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Anaheim, CA
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4799-0457-0