Title :
Two-material, air-clad, grating-in-the-waveguide optical interconnects
Author :
Mule, Anthony V. ; Villalaz, Ricardo ; Gaylord, Thomas K. ; Meindl, James D.
Author_Institution :
Microelectron. Res. Center, Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Abstract :
The fabrication and testing of two-material, air-clad, volume grating-in-the-waveguide optical interconnects are described. Avatrel 2190P photopolymer from Promerus, LLC, and Omnidex HRF600 photopolymer from Dupont are incorporated as the waveguide and grating materials, respectively. Waveguide/grating interconnects exhibiting waveguide propagation losses of awg = -(0.47-3) dB/cm and grating coupling coefficients ag = 1.4-5.3 mm-1 are demonstrated.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; optical interconnections; optical polymers; optical waveguides; Avatrel 2190P; Dupont; LLC; Omnidex HRF600; Promerus; air-clad optical interconnects; grating coupling coefficients; grating interconnects; grating materials; grating-in-the-waveguide optical interconnects; photopolymer; waveguide interconnects; waveguide propagation losses; Couplers; Gold; Gratings; Optical interconnections; Optical materials; Optical waveguides; Resists; Slabs; Substrates; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Interconnect Technology Conference, 2004. Proceedings of the IEEE 2004 International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8308-7
DOI :
10.1109/IITC.2004.1345729
