Polymer optical waveguide fabrication using laser ablation

Proceedings of the Electronic Packaging Technology Conference, EPTC

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 936-941

  Zakariyah, Shefiu S ^a   Conway, Paul P ^a   Hutt, David A ^a   Selviah, David R ^b   Wang, Kai ^b   Baghsiahi, Hadi ^b   Rygate, Jeremy ^c   Calver, Jonathan ^c   Kandulski, Witold ^c  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Stevenage Circuits Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH CAPACITY; DIGITAL INTERCONNECTS; ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS; EXCIMERS; HIGH BIT RATES; INTERCONNECT LEVELS; IR SOURCE; LASER DIRECT IMAGING; OPTICAL FIBRE; OPTICAL INTERCONNECT; OPTICAL POLYMERS; PCB INDUSTRY; POLYMER OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE; PROCESS ROUTE; UV ND:YAG; UV- AND; WAVEGUIDE STRUCTURE;

ELECTRONICS PACKAGING; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LASER ABLATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; POLYMERS; PRINTED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; ULTRAVIOLET LASERS; WAVEGUIDES;

PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS;

EID: 77950948145     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EPTC.2009.5416408     Document Type: Conference Paper

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