Title :
Highly reliable silicone based optical waveguides embedded in PCBs
Author :
Lamprecht, Tobias ; Halter, Markus ; Meier, Daniel ; Beyer, Stefan ; Betschon, Felix ; John, Ranjith ; Amb, Chad ; Swatowski, Brandon ; Weidner, Ken
Author_Institution :
vario-Opt. AG, Heiden, Switzerland
Abstract :
Photopatternable silicone optical waveguides are overcoming major hurdles towards their integration in electro-optical printed circuit boards (EOCB) for optical interconnects. They show good optical performance after lamination and reflow soldering.
Keywords :
electro-optical devices; integrated optoelectronics; laminations; optical waveguides; printed circuits; reflow soldering; silicones; PCB; electro-optical printed circuit boards; highly reliable silicone based optical waveguides; lamination; optical interconnects; photopatternable silicone optical waveguides; reflow soldering; Optical device fabrication; Optical fibers; Optical interconnections; Optical polymers; Optical transmitters;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-5575-2994-7
DOI :
10.1364/OFC.2014.Th4J.5
