Cost-effective and high-density integration of monitoring photodetector arrays onto polymeric guided-wave components

Author

Van Der Linden, Johan E. ; Van Daele, Peter P. ; De Dobbelaere, Peter M. ; Diemeer, Mart B.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. Technol., Ghent Univ., Belgium

fYear

1998

fDate

25-28 May 1998

Firstpage

1012

Lastpage

1017

Abstract

We report on a hybrid coupling concept which allows high-density integration of top illuminated photodetector arrays with polymeric guided-wave based optical network components by means of a micromachined submount with an integrated mirror. The etching of a complementary alignment structure into the polymeric layer stack allows passive assembly with a 1.0 dB alignment tolerance range of about 40 μm. A prototype 8-channel detector module integrated with a straight single mode polymeric waveguide array exhibited a coupling efficiency of about -7.7 dB and an average crosstalk value of -21.3 dB between adjacent channels at 1300 nm

Keywords

optical crosstalk; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre networks; optical planar waveguides; photodetectors; 1300 nm; adjacent channels; alignment tolerance range; average crosstalk value; complementary alignment structure; coupling efficiency; high-density integration; hybrid coupling concept; integrated mirror; micromachined submount; monitoring photodetector arrays; optical fibre networks; optical network devices; polymeric guided-wave components; top illuminated photodetector arrays; Assembly; Etching; Mirrors; Monitoring; Optical arrays; Optical coupling; Optical fiber networks; Optical polymers; Photodetectors; Prototypes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronic Components & Technology Conference, 1998. 48th IEEE

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

ISSN

0569-5503

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4526-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECTC.1998.678837

Filename

678837