Title :
Polymer waveguide based optical backplanes and electro-optical assembly technology for computing applications
Author :
Dangel, Roger ; Horst, Folkert ; Meier, Norbert ; Jubin, Daniel ; Weiss, Jonas ; Offrein, Bert Jan ; Swatowski, Brandon W. ; Amb, Chad M. ; Breed, Sarah K. ; Deshazer, David J. ; Weidner, W. Ken
Author_Institution :
IBM Res. GmbH, Zurich Res. Lab., Zurich, Switzerland
Abstract :
We report on recent developments of our board-level optical interconnect technology towards polymer waveguide flexes and on the adaption of connectorization and electro-optical assembly methods to be used in optical backplanes and high-density optical subassemblies.
Keywords :
electro-optical effects; optical backplanes; optical computing; optical polymers; optical waveguides; board-level optical interconnect; computing applications; connectorization; electro-optical assembly; high-density optical subassemblies; optical backplanes; polymer waveguide flexes; Electrooptical waveguides; Flexible printed circuits; Optical fibers; Optical interconnections; Optical polymers; Optical interconnects; electro-optical assembly; optical backplanes; polymer waveguide flex;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Interconnects Conference, 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Santa Fe, NM
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5061-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5062-4
DOI :
10.1109/OIC.2013.6552956
