Title :
Advances in manufacturing of optical silicone waveguides for high performance computing
Author :
Swatowski, Brandon W. ; Amb, Chad M. ; Weidner, W. Ken ; John, Ranjith S. ; Mitchell, Jeffrey D.
Author_Institution :
Dow Corning Corp., Midland, MI, USA
Abstract :
We report recent advances of polymer waveguide silicone materials for the scaled production of optical waveguides. The development of materials is described with the latest generation achieving low loss waveguides of <;0.04 dB/cm at 850 nm and fabrication times of less than 10 minutes.
Keywords :
manufacturing industries; optical waveguides; parallel processing; polymers; silicon; high performance computing; manufacturing; optical silicone waveguides; optical waveguides; polymer waveguide silicone materials; Adaptive optics; High-speed optical techniques; Optical device fabrication; Optical interconnections; Optical polymers; Optical waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
Avionics, Fiber-Optics and Photonics Technology Conference (AVFOP), 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-2473-8
DOI :
10.1109/AVFOP.2014.6999428
