Fabrication of polymer optical waveguides with integrated micromirrors for out-of-plane surface normal optical interconnects

2004 4th IEEE International Conference on Polymers and Adhesives in Microelectronics and Photonics

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 206-210

  Immonen, Marika ^a   Wu, Jianbo ^a   Kivilahti, Jorma ^a   Karppinen, Mikko ^b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Board level optics; Micromirrors; Optical interconnections; Optical printed wiring boards; Polymer waveguides

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC WIRING; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LIGHT REFLECTION; LITHOGRAPHY; MIRRORS; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLID STATE LASERS;

BOARD-LEVEL OPTICS; MICROMIRRORS; OPTICAL PRINTED WIRING BOARDS; POLYMER WAVEGUIDES;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 17044416859     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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