Vertically pluggable and compact 10-Gb/s × 12-channel optical modules with anisotropic conductive film for over 100-Gb/s optical interconnect systems

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 3249-3258

  Suzuki, Atsushi ^a   Ishikawa, Takaaki ^a   Wakazono, Yoshitsugu ^a   Hashimoto, Youichi ^a   Masuda, Hiroshi ^a   Suzuki, Shuji ^a   Tamura, Mitsuaki ^a   Suzuki, Tei Ichi ^a   Kikuchi, Katsuya ^a   Nakagawa, Hiroshi ^a   Aoyagi, Masahiro ^a   Mikawa, Takashi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alumina substrates; Anisotropic conductive film; Connectors; Optical fibers; Optical interconnects; Optical modules; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA SUBSTRATES; ANISOTROPIC CONDUCTIVE FILM; CONNECTORS; OPTICAL MODULES; OPTICAL TRANSMITTERS;

ACOUSTIC RECEIVERS; ANISOTROPY; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; FIBERS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; INTEGRATED OPTICS; MULTIMODE FIBERS; OPTICAL CONDUCTIVITY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; OPTICAL RECEIVERS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRINTED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SUBSTRATES; TRANSMITTERS;

OPTICAL FILMS;

EID: 67651167030     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2009.2013728     Document Type: Article

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