Polymer photonic technologies for optical communications

Author

Vainos, N. ; Alexandropoulos, D. ; Politi, C. ; Matrakidis, Chris ; Dede, G. ; Kamalakis, T. ; Kouloumentas, Christos ; Avramopoulos, H. ; Couris, S. ; Rokkas, T. ; Varoutas, Dimitris ; Vasilopoulou, M. ; Davazoglou, D. ; Pistolis, G. ; Argitis, P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mater. Sci., Univ. of Patras, Rio, Greece

fYear

2013

fDate

23-27 June 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

The impact of photonics in telecommunications is indisputably massive; however it relies on efficient cost reduction which is in turn only possible if significant cost savings are made at all steps in the development of the photonic device from the material to packaging. The PHOTOPOLIS consortium has identified polymer technology as the ideal solution for producing low-cost devices. The paper aims to discuss the status of polymer photonic components and subsystems able to generate, transmit and manage optical information in a cost effective manner.

Keywords

cost reduction; optical communication; optical polymers; optical transmitters; telecommunication network management; PHOTOPOLIS consortium; cost reduction; cost saving; optical communication; optical information generation; optical information management; optical information transmission; polymer photonic device technology; Integrated optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical device fabrication; Optical polymers; Photonics; optical communications; polymer devices; polymer photonics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2013 15th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Cartagena

ISSN

2161-2056

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2013.6603053

Filename

6603053