Fully embedded board level optical interconnects - From ppoint-to-point interconnection to optical bus architecture

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6897, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Wang, Xiaolong ^a   Chen, Ray T ^b  

^a Omega Optics Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

45 micro mirrors; Hard molding; Optical bus; Optical interconnects; Optical printed circuit board; Polymer waveguide

Indexed keywords

(100) SILICON; (140.3500) LASERS; COUPLING EFFICIENCIES; CROSS SECTIONING; DEVICE INTEGRATION; METAL-COATED; MICRO-MIRRORS; MULTI-MODE WAVEGUIDES; OPTICAL (PET) (OPET); OPTICAL BUSES; OPTICAL LAYERS; OPTO ELECTRONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS (OEIC); P-I-N PHOTODIODES; PATTERN TRANSFERRING; SIGNAL TRANSMISSIONS; VERTICAL SURFACES; WAVEGUIDE ARRAYS; WAVEGUIDE FABRICATION; WAVEGUIDE PROPAGATION; OPTICAL BUS ARCHITECTURE; PATTERN TRANSFER METHOD; POLYMER WAVEGUIDES;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BREEDER REACTORS; BUSES; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; INTEGRATED OPTICS; MICROELECTRONICS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SILICON; TRANSFER MOLDING; WAVEGUIDES; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTODIODES; SURFACE EMITTING LASERS;

OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS;

EID: 42149135943     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.768583     Document Type: Conference Paper

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