Low Loss Channel-Shuffling Polymer Waveguides: Design and Fabrication

Kohei Abe; Yutaro Oizumi; Yoichi Taira; Takaaki Ishigure

doi:10.1109/ECTC.2017.223

Low Loss Channel-Shuffling Polymer Waveguides: Design and Fabrication

Kohei Abe, Yutaro Oizumi, Yoichi Taira, Takaaki Ishigure

Department of Applied Physics and Physico-Informatics

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Abstract

In this paper, we demonstrate that low insertion loss is achieved in channel-shuffling polymer waveguide having graded-index (GI) square cores (24 channels × 24 channels) with a 125-mm interchannel pitch. Although there are several fabrication methods for GI-core polymer optical waveguides proposed, the index profiles formed in the square cores are not ideally symmetric, when conventional photo-lithography method is applied. Hence, we apply the imprint method for the GI square core polymer waveguides with ideally symmetric index profile. First, we design the structure of channel-shuffling waveguide to exhibit low insertion loss, and then experimentally fabricate the waveguide.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - IEEE 67th Electronic Components and Technology Conference, ECTC 2017
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	526-531
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509043323
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ECTC.2017.223
Publication status	Published - 2017 Aug 1
Event	67th IEEE Electronic Components and Technology Conference, ECTC 2017 - Lake Buena Vista, United States Duration: 2017 May 30 → 2017 Jun 2

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Other	67th IEEE Electronic Components and Technology Conference, ECTC 2017
Country/Territory	United States
City	Lake Buena Vista
Period	17/5/30 → 17/6/2

Keywords

Channel-shuffling
Graded-index
Imprint method
Optical interconnect
Polymer optical waveguide

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Low Loss Channel-Shuffling Polymer Waveguides : Design and Fabrication. / Abe, Kohei; Oizumi, Yutaro; Taira, Yoichi et al.

Proceedings - IEEE 67th Electronic Components and Technology Conference, ECTC 2017. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017. p. 526-531 7999740.

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Abe, K, Oizumi, Y, Taira, Y & Ishigure, T 2017, Low Loss Channel-Shuffling Polymer Waveguides: Design and Fabrication. in Proceedings - IEEE 67th Electronic Components and Technology Conference, ECTC 2017., 7999740, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 526-531, 67th IEEE Electronic Components and Technology Conference, ECTC 2017, Lake Buena Vista, United States, 17/5/30. https://doi.org/10.1109/ECTC.2017.223

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