Poled polymers for MCMs with integrated dielectric and optical layers

Low dielectric constants and ease of processing make polymers attractive materials for building both optical waveguides and dielectric layers. The change in the index of refraction of certain polymers such as polyimide, after appropriate doping and poling, makes it possible to build an optical waveguide using established polymer processing techniques. Our work uses these results to demonstrate optical waveguide fabrication for applications requiring optical and electrical interlayers on the same thin-film multichip module structure (MCM-D)