Optically written polymers used as optical interconnects and for hybridisation

Tooley, F. A. P.; Suyal, N.; Bresson, François; Fritze, A.; Gourlay, J.; Walker, Andrew; Emmery, M.

doi:10.1016/s0925-3467(01)00048-9

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“…Two different photopatternable materials, which are the Truemode Backplane polymer [9] and the Ormocer [10] Each optical layer is built up as a cladding-core-cladding stack, where the cladding material has a slightly lower refractive index than the core material. This way, the light can be trapped into the core layer through total internal reflection.…”

Section: Two-layer Optical Interconnectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Tolerance Analysis for Multilayer Optical Interconnections Integrated on a Printed Circuit Board

Hendrickx

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Steenberge

et al. 2007

J. Lightwave Technol.

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Abstract-Polymer multilayer optical interconnections have gained interest over the past few years in view of their ability to increase the integration density, increase the routing flexibility, and make full use of the characteristics of 2-D optoelectronic elements. The alignment between the functional elements in the different optical layers has to be sufficiently accurate in ensuring a high overall efficiency of the system. Numerical simulations have been used as a tool to determine whether laser ablation can be used as an alternative technology for the structuring of the functional elements of optical interconnections into a polymer optical layer. The experimentally achievable alignment accuracies are compared to tolerance ranges for an excess loss ≤ 1 dB obtained from the numerical study. The experimental achievements show that the alignment accuracies fall within the numerical tolerance ranges and have a good reproducibility. Experimental realizations of a two-layer multimode waveguide and inter-and out-of-planecoupling structures are discussed and shown.

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Section: Two-layer Optical Interconnectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Tolerance Analysis for Multilayer Optical Interconnections Integrated on a Printed Circuit Board

Hendrickx

Erps

Steenberge

et al. 2007

J. Lightwave Technol.

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“…Current literature reports suggest that a polymer-waveguide is the favoured candidate. This is because: (i) polymers are relatively cheap, (ii) low acceptable loss is achievable with polymer, (iii) they are easily available, and (iv) most importantly, polymer waveguide fabrication which is being considered, is compatible with the standard processes employed in PCB manufacturing such as soldering temperature, Coefficient of Thermal Expansion (CTE) matching, thermal stability and stress during lamination [Tooley, et al, 2001]. …”

Section: Optical Interconnects (Oi)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Laser Ablation for Polymer Waveguide Fabrication

Zakariyah¹

2012

Micromachining Techniques for Fabrication of Micro and Nano Structures

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“…Two different commercially available polymer materials are investigated for the optical layer: Truemode Backplane Polymer (Truemode) [8], a highly cross-linked acrylate-based material, and Epocore/Epoclad (Epocore) [4], an epoxy-based material. The Truemode material has been developed as an optical layer for the integration of optical interconnections to the board-level.…”

Section: Fabrication Processmentioning

confidence: 99%