Title :
Heat resistant and low-loss fluorinated polymer optical waveguides at 1310/1550 nm for optical interconnects
Author :
TAKENOBU, Shotaro ; Okazoe, Takashi
Author_Institution :
Asahi Glass Co., Ltd., Yokohama, Japan
Abstract :
Multi-mode polymer optical waveguides using heat resistant and low-loss fluorinated polymers were demonstrated. We fabricated 125-cm-long optical waveguides and estimated the propagation loss at 1310/1550 nm. The reliability and the thermal stability were also evaluated.
Keywords :
light propagation; optical fabrication; optical interconnections; optical polymers; optical waveguides; reliability; thermal stability; heat resistant polymer; low-loss fluorinated polymer; multimode polymer optical waveguides; optical interconnects; propagation loss; reliability; thermal stability; wavelength 1310 nm; wavelength 1550 nm; Optical device fabrication; Optical fibers; Optical polymers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2011 37th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Geneva
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1918-9
