Polymer optical interconnects: meeting the requirements for datacom and telecom applications

Lawrence W. Shacklette; Robert A. Norwood; Louay A. Eldada; Cathy Glass; Duc Nguyen; Constantina Poga; Baopei Xu; Shing Yin; James T. Yardley

doi:10.1117/12.279315

13 October 1997 Polymer optical interconnects: meeting the requirements for datacom and telecom applications

Lawrence W. Shacklette, Robert A. Norwood, Louay A. Eldada, Cathy Glass, Duc Nguyen, Constantina Poga, Baopei Xu, Shing Yin, James T. Yardley

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Proceedings Volume 3147, Nonlinear Optical Properties of Organic Materials X; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.279315
Event: Optical Science, Engineering and Instrumentation '97, 1997, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

An advanced versatile low-cost polymeric waveguide technology has been developed for optoelectronic applications. This technology is based upon new polymeric materials for ultra-low-loss optical interconnection, particularly for the key wavelengths of 0.83, 1 .3, and 1 .55 microns. Development of these materials has required a thorough understanding of fundamental principles of optical absorption due to both vibrational and electronic resonant absorptions. We have thus created materials with measured losses at 830 nm which are in the range ofO.02 dB/cm. At longer wavelengths, the losses can be higher due to the vibrational absorption within the polymer. However through careful selection of chemical structure, polymeric materials with intrinsic loss below 0.08 dB/cm have been demonstrated at 1 .55 micron wavelength. These high-performance organic polymers can be readily made into both multimode and single-mode optical waveguide structures with controlled numerical aperture (NA) and geometry. We will discuss the use of these materials in a variety of passive photonic devices.

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Lawrence W. Shacklette, Robert A. Norwood, Louay A. Eldada, Cathy Glass, Duc Nguyen, Constantina Poga, Baopei Xu, Shing Yin, and James T. Yardley "Polymer optical interconnects: meeting the requirements for datacom and telecom applications", Proc. SPIE 3147, Nonlinear Optical Properties of Organic Materials X, (13 October 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.279315

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