Basic Evaluation of Polymeric Optical Waveguide Films Applied to Optical Interconnections

Mitsuo USUI, Makoto HIKITA, Ryoko YOSHIMURA, Satoru TOMARU, Saburo IMAMURA, Kohsuke KATSURA, Yasuhiro ANDO

Summary :

We have studied the basic optical and physical characteristics of polymeric optical waveguide films with S-shaped waveguides and 45 mirrors applied as multimode optical interconnection components. The core and cladding of the waveguide films were made of deuterated-polymethylmethacrylate (d-PMMA) and UV-cured resin, respectively. We evaluated the insertion losses of the waveguides, the crosstalk and the 45-mirror losses in these waveguide films and demonstrated that they have low propagation loss. The shrinkage and thermal expansion of the polymeric optical waveguide films are also discussed because of the interest in improving module packaging.

• Publication: IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics Vol.E81-C No.7 pp.1027-1033
• Publication Date: 1998/07/25
• Type of Manuscript: Special Section PAPER (Special Issue on Organic Materials for Optics and Electronics)

Authors

Mitsuo USUI
Makoto HIKITA
Ryoko YOSHIMURA
Satoru TOMARU
Saburo IMAMURA
Kohsuke KATSURA
Yasuhiro ANDO

Keyword

polymeric optical waveguide,  optical interconnection,  45 mirror,  parallel optical interconnection module