Discrete out-of-plane coupling components for printed circuit board-level optical interconnections

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 1753-1755

  Van Erps, Jürgen ^a   Hendrickx, Nina ^b   Debaes, Christof ^a   Van Daele, Peter ^b   Thienpont, Hugo ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Coupling components; Deep proton writing (DPW); Micromirror; Polymer waveguides; Rapid prototyping

Indexed keywords

COUPLING COMPONENT; COUPLING LOSS; DEEP PROTON WRITING; DEEP PROTON WRITINGS; FIBER COUPLINGS; IN-PLANE; LINK LOSS; MASS FABRICATION; MICRO MIRROR; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTIONS; OUT-OF-PLANE; POLYMER WAVEGUIDES; PROPAGATION PLANE; RAPID PROTOTYPING TECHNOLOGY; REPLICATION TECHNIQUES;

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; FABRICATION; FIBERS; JOB ANALYSIS; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; PRINTED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; PROTONS; RAPID PROTOTYPING; WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS;

PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS;

EID: 45149111160     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2007.906113     Document Type: Article

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