Title :
Gbit/s transmission via two-photon-absorption-inscribed optical waveguides on printed circuit boards
Author :
Schmid, G. ; Leeb, W.R. ; Langer, Gregor ; Schmidt, Volker ; Houbertz, R.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Commun. & Radio-Freq. Eng., Vienna Univ. of Technol., Wien
Abstract :
Optical waveguides were inscribed into a 300 m-thick polymer layer applied onto standard printed circuit boards via two-photon-absorption. VCSELs and photodiodes embedded in this layer of ORMOCERreg complemented optical interconnects for multi-Gbit/s data transmission at a wavelength of 850 nm.
Keywords :
data communication; light absorption; optical interconnections; optical waveguides; photodiodes; printed circuits; multiGbit/s data transmission; optical interconnects; photodiode; printed circuit boards; size 300 m; thick polymer layer; two-photon-absorption-inscribed optical waveguides; wavelength 850 nm;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20093661