Title :
Environmental stability of PDMA-waveguides for electrical-optical circuit boards
Author :
Zhu, D. ; Cai, D. ; Kopetz, S. ; Neyer, A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Optoelectron. Eng., Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Wuhan
Abstract :
The environmental stability of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)-based optical waveguides implemented in electrical-optical circuit boards has been tested against international standards. Temperature shock, moisture treatments, dry heat exposure as well as soldering float showed only a moderate impact on optical waveguide performance.
Keywords :
environmental testing; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; moisture; optical communication equipment; optical polymers; optical waveguides; printed circuit testing; soldering; thermal shock; PDMS-optical waveguide; dry heat exposure; electrical-optical circuit board; environmental stability; moisture treatment; polydimethylsiloxane; soldering float; temperature shock;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20070805
