Optical interconnect modules with fully integrated reflector mirrors

Author

Glebov, Alexei L. ; Roman, James ; Lee, Michael G. ; Yokouchi, Kishio

Author_Institution

Adv. Optoelectron. Technol. Dept., Fujitsu Labs. of America, Sunnyvale, CA, USA

Volume

17

Issue

7

fYear

2005

fDate

7/1/2005 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1540

Lastpage

1542

Abstract

A robust and cost-effective technology for integration of 45° reflector mirrors and polymer waveguides (WGs) into optical interconnect (OI) substrates is developed. The planar WGs are formed from photopatternable polymers with propagation losses as low as 0.05 dB/cm. The mirrors with losses of 0.5-0.8 dB are fabricated by the microdicing technique allowing lateral and vertical positioning of the mirror plane within several microns. A prototype OI module with integrated channel WGs, mirrors, and assembled connectors is fabricated and successfully tested at 10-Gb/s transmission rate.

Keywords

micromirrors; modules; optical couplers; optical fabrication; optical interconnections; optical losses; optical planar waveguides; optical polymers; optical testing; 0.5 to 0.8 dB; 10 Gbit/s; assembled connectors; fully integrated reflector mirrors; microdicing fabrication; module testing; optical interconnect modules; photopatternable polymers; planar polymer waveguides; propagation losses; Assembly; Connectors; Mirrors; Optical interconnections; Optical losses; Optical polymers; Optical waveguides; Propagation losses; Prototypes; Robustness; Microfabrication; optical interconnections; optical planar waveguides (WGs); optical polymers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2005.848275

Filename

1453670