Title :
Free-standing polymeric optical waveguide films for optical interconnections
Author :
Hikita, M. ; Yoshimura, R. ; Kaneko, A. ; Usui, M. ; Tomaru, S. ; Imamura, S.
Author_Institution :
Opto-electron. Labs., NTT Corp., Ibaraki, Japan
Abstract :
Extremely low-loss (<0.03 dB/cm) polymeric waveguide films have been used to study the bending, curve and 45°-mirror losses and the crosstalk with a view to practical use in multimode optical interconnects. Waveguide-to-fiber connections are also demonstrated
Keywords :
optical interconnections; bending losses; crosstalk; curve losses; extremely low-loss polymeric waveguide films; free-standing polymeric optical waveguide films; mirror losses; multimode optical interconnects; optical fibre connecting; optical interconnections; waveguide-to-fiber connections;
Conference_Titel :
Integrated Optics and Optical Fibre Communications, 11th International Conference on, and 23rd European Conference on Optical Communications (Conf. Publ. No.: 448)
Conference_Location :
Edinburgh
Print_ISBN :
0-85296-697-0
DOI :
10.1049/cp:19971473
