Title :
Polymer Waveguide with 4-Channel Circular GI Cores toward High-Speed Optical Interconnects
Author :
Ishigure, Takaaki ; Takeyoshi, Yusuke
Author_Institution :
Keio Univ., Yokohama
Abstract :
We fabricate polymer waveguides with 4-channel circular graded-index cores for the first time by the preform method. The new waveguide exhibits very low-loss (0.029 dB/cm), high bandwidth (estimated 60 Gbps for 1 m) and low inter-channel crosstalk.
Keywords :
gradient index optics; optical interconnections; optical polymers; optical waveguides; 4-channel circular graded-index cores; high-speed optical interconnects; polymer waveguide; preform method; Bit rate; High speed optical techniques; Optical crosstalk; Optical interconnections; Optical polymers; Optical waveguides; Power system interconnection; Preforms; Propagation losses; Rectangular waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453484
