Title :
Board-level optical interconnect using glass
Author :
Sheng Huang ; Ming-Jun Li ; Chen, Kevin P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Abstract :
This paper reports ultrafast laser fabrication of waveguide circuits and 45° vertical coupling micromirrors in fused silica for board-level optical interconnect applications. Excellent micromirror surface quality was obtained and 0.24-dB per reflection at λ=632nm was demonstrated.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; integrated optics; laser materials processing; light reflection; micromirrors; optical couplers; optical fabrication; optical glass; optical interconnections; optical waveguides; silicon compounds; SiO2; board-level optical interconnect; fused silica; glass; micromirror surface quality; of waveguide circuits and; reflection; ultrafast laser fabrication; vertical coupling micromirrors; wavelength 632 nm; Glass; Micromirrors; Optical interconnections; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Surface treatment; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
