Title :
Polymer optical waveguides integrated in printed circuit boards
Author :
Lehmacher, S. ; Neyer, A. ; Mederer, F.
Author_Institution :
Fakultat fur Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik, Dortmund Univ., Germany
Abstract :
Temperature stable polymer optical waveguides have been realised and integrated into printed circuit boards (PCB). A special waveguide fabrication process based on hot embossing has been developed which is compatible with standard PCB processing technologies.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical interconnections; optical waveguides; printed circuit manufacture; printed circuits; PCB processing technologies; hot embossing; polymer optical waveguides; printed circuit boards; waveguide fabrication process; Electromagnetic waveguides; Integrated optics; Optical attenuators; Optical device fabrication; Optical interconnections; Optical polymers; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Optical waveguides; Printed circuits;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2001. ECOC '01. 27th European Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6705-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2001.989638
