Demonstration of an MT-compatible connectorisation of a laser-ablated optical interconnection on a printed circuit board

Proceedings - Electronic Components and Technology Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 1552-1557

  Van Steenberge, Geert ^a   Geerinck, Peter ^a   Van Put, Steven ^a   Van Koetsem, Jan ^a,b   Morlion, Danny ^a,b   Van Daele, Peter ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b FCI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ETCHING; EXCIMER LASERS; LASER ABLATION; OPTICAL LINKS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; WAVEGUIDES;

ELECTRICAL INTERCONNECTS; OPTICAL BOARDS; OPTICAL LAYERS; WAVEGUIDING;

OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS;

EID: 10444220971     PISSN: 05695503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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