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R Dangel - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • development of versatile polymer Waveguide flex technology for use in optical interconnects
    Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2013
    Co-Authors: R Dangel, Folkert Horst, Daniel Jubin, Norbert Meier, J Weiss, Bert Jan Offrein, Brandon W Swatowski, David J Deshazer, Ken W Weidner
    Abstract:

    We report on the implementation of novel flexible polymer Waveguide interconnects. They are based on newly developed mechanically flexible low-loss silicone Waveguides. In addition to meeting the generic requirements of rigid Waveguide interconnects, several flex-material challenges were mastered: a) mechanical flexibility permitting Waveguide flexing down to radii of 1.0 mm without cracking; b) minimization of Waveguide curling induced by the CTE mismatch between flex substrates and polymer layers to enable assembly and connectorization; c) greatly improved cladding adhesion on standard PCB flex substrates, such as polyimide; and d) high environmental stability despite the reduced polymer cross-linking required for better mechanical flexibility. The new Waveguides exhibit excellent stability in damp heat (2000 h in 85°C/85% rH) and under thermal shock (500 cycles from -40° to +120°C), and lead-free solder reflow up to 260°C. Using the newly engineered “Dow Corning WG-1017 Optical Waveguide Clad Dev Sample” and the established “Dow Corning WG-1010 Optical Waveguide Core”, we were able to develop a manufacturing process suitable for large areas and offering high process control and stability to produce Waveguides having optical loss values of less than 0.05 dB/cm at 850 nm VCSEL wavelength and fulfilling requirements (a) to (d) above. We describe this manufacturing process and how we have overcome the material challenges mentioned. Furthermore, we present characterization and manufacturing results, show demonstrators, and outline the potential of flexible Waveguides as versatile electro-optic assembly platform.

  • development of versatile polymer Waveguide flex technology for use in optical interconnects
    Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2013
    Co-Authors: R Dangel, J Weiss, Folke Hors, Daniel Jubi, Norbe Meie, Ert Ja Offrei, Ando W Swatowski, Chad M Amb, David J Deshaze, Ke W Weidne
    Abstract:

    We report on the implementation of novel flexible polymer Waveguide interconnects. They are based on newly developed mechanically flexible low-loss silicone Waveguides. In addition to meeting the generic requirements of rigid Waveguide interconnects, several flex-material challenges were mastered: a) mechanical flexibility permitting Waveguide flexing down to radii of 1.0 mm without cracking; b) minimization of Waveguide curling induced by the CTE mismatch between flex substrates and polymer layers to enable assembly and connectorization; c) greatly improved cladding adhesion on standard PCB flex substrates, such as polyimide; and d) high environmental stability despite the reduced polymer cross-linking required for better mechanical flexibility. The new Waveguides exhibit excellent stability in damp heat (2000 h in 85°C/85% rH) and under thermal shock (500 cycles from -40° to +120°C), and lead-free solder reflow up to 260°C. Using the newly engineered “Dow Corning WG-1017 Optical Waveguide Clad Dev Sample” and the established “Dow Corning WG-1010 Optical Waveguide Core”, we were able to develop a manufacturing process suitable for large areas and offering high process control and stability to produce Waveguides having optical loss values of less than 0.05 dB/cm at 850 nm VCSEL wavelength and fulfilling requirements (a) to (d) above. We describe this manufacturing process and how we have overcome the material challenges mentioned. Furthermore, we present characterization and manufacturing results, show demonstrators, and outline the potential of flexible Waveguides as versatile electro-optic assembly platform.

Ken W Weidner - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • development of versatile polymer Waveguide flex technology for use in optical interconnects
    Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2013
    Co-Authors: R Dangel, Folkert Horst, Daniel Jubin, Norbert Meier, J Weiss, Bert Jan Offrein, Brandon W Swatowski, David J Deshazer, Ken W Weidner
    Abstract:

    We report on the implementation of novel flexible polymer Waveguide interconnects. They are based on newly developed mechanically flexible low-loss silicone Waveguides. In addition to meeting the generic requirements of rigid Waveguide interconnects, several flex-material challenges were mastered: a) mechanical flexibility permitting Waveguide flexing down to radii of 1.0 mm without cracking; b) minimization of Waveguide curling induced by the CTE mismatch between flex substrates and polymer layers to enable assembly and connectorization; c) greatly improved cladding adhesion on standard PCB flex substrates, such as polyimide; and d) high environmental stability despite the reduced polymer cross-linking required for better mechanical flexibility. The new Waveguides exhibit excellent stability in damp heat (2000 h in 85°C/85% rH) and under thermal shock (500 cycles from -40° to +120°C), and lead-free solder reflow up to 260°C. Using the newly engineered “Dow Corning WG-1017 Optical Waveguide Clad Dev Sample” and the established “Dow Corning WG-1010 Optical Waveguide Core”, we were able to develop a manufacturing process suitable for large areas and offering high process control and stability to produce Waveguides having optical loss values of less than 0.05 dB/cm at 850 nm VCSEL wavelength and fulfilling requirements (a) to (d) above. We describe this manufacturing process and how we have overcome the material challenges mentioned. Furthermore, we present characterization and manufacturing results, show demonstrators, and outline the potential of flexible Waveguides as versatile electro-optic assembly platform.

Ke W Weidne - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • development of versatile polymer Waveguide flex technology for use in optical interconnects
    Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2013
    Co-Authors: R Dangel, J Weiss, Folke Hors, Daniel Jubi, Norbe Meie, Ert Ja Offrei, Ando W Swatowski, Chad M Amb, David J Deshaze, Ke W Weidne
    Abstract:

    We report on the implementation of novel flexible polymer Waveguide interconnects. They are based on newly developed mechanically flexible low-loss silicone Waveguides. In addition to meeting the generic requirements of rigid Waveguide interconnects, several flex-material challenges were mastered: a) mechanical flexibility permitting Waveguide flexing down to radii of 1.0 mm without cracking; b) minimization of Waveguide curling induced by the CTE mismatch between flex substrates and polymer layers to enable assembly and connectorization; c) greatly improved cladding adhesion on standard PCB flex substrates, such as polyimide; and d) high environmental stability despite the reduced polymer cross-linking required for better mechanical flexibility. The new Waveguides exhibit excellent stability in damp heat (2000 h in 85°C/85% rH) and under thermal shock (500 cycles from -40° to +120°C), and lead-free solder reflow up to 260°C. Using the newly engineered “Dow Corning WG-1017 Optical Waveguide Clad Dev Sample” and the established “Dow Corning WG-1010 Optical Waveguide Core”, we were able to develop a manufacturing process suitable for large areas and offering high process control and stability to produce Waveguides having optical loss values of less than 0.05 dB/cm at 850 nm VCSEL wavelength and fulfilling requirements (a) to (d) above. We describe this manufacturing process and how we have overcome the material challenges mentioned. Furthermore, we present characterization and manufacturing results, show demonstrators, and outline the potential of flexible Waveguides as versatile electro-optic assembly platform.

Bert Jan Offrein - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Polymer Waveguides Enabling Scalable Low-Loss Adiabatic Optical Coupling for Silicon Photonics
    IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 2018
    Co-Authors: Roger Dangel, Folkert Horst, Daniel Jubin, Norbert Meier, Antonio La Porta, Marc Seifried, Bert Jan Offrein
    Abstract:

    Optically transparent polymer Waveguides are employed for interfacing silicon photonics devices to fibers. The highly confined optical mode in the nanophotonic silicon Waveguide is transferred to a fiber-matched polymer Waveguide through adiabatic optical coupling by tapering the silicon Waveguide. The polymer Waveguides are either processed onto the silicon photonics wafer or bonded to individual chips. Fibers are interfaced to the polymer Waveguides through butt-coupling. We show polarization and wavelength-tolerant fiber-to-chip coupling loss of less than 3.5 dB across the O-band. The polymer Waveguide-to-silicon-chip alignment tolerance is 2 μ m for a loss increase of only 1 dB. Reflection losses are well below −45 dB and the scalability to large numbers of channels is demonstrated. These results open a path to broadband and polarization-tolerant optical packaging of silicon photonics devices for ultrahigh bandwidth applications employing wavelength division multiplexing across multiple channels as envisioned for future data-center interconnects.

  • development of versatile polymer Waveguide flex technology for use in optical interconnects
    Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2013
    Co-Authors: R Dangel, Folkert Horst, Daniel Jubin, Norbert Meier, J Weiss, Bert Jan Offrein, Brandon W Swatowski, David J Deshazer, Ken W Weidner
    Abstract:

    We report on the implementation of novel flexible polymer Waveguide interconnects. They are based on newly developed mechanically flexible low-loss silicone Waveguides. In addition to meeting the generic requirements of rigid Waveguide interconnects, several flex-material challenges were mastered: a) mechanical flexibility permitting Waveguide flexing down to radii of 1.0 mm without cracking; b) minimization of Waveguide curling induced by the CTE mismatch between flex substrates and polymer layers to enable assembly and connectorization; c) greatly improved cladding adhesion on standard PCB flex substrates, such as polyimide; and d) high environmental stability despite the reduced polymer cross-linking required for better mechanical flexibility. The new Waveguides exhibit excellent stability in damp heat (2000 h in 85°C/85% rH) and under thermal shock (500 cycles from -40° to +120°C), and lead-free solder reflow up to 260°C. Using the newly engineered “Dow Corning WG-1017 Optical Waveguide Clad Dev Sample” and the established “Dow Corning WG-1010 Optical Waveguide Core”, we were able to develop a manufacturing process suitable for large areas and offering high process control and stability to produce Waveguides having optical loss values of less than 0.05 dB/cm at 850 nm VCSEL wavelength and fulfilling requirements (a) to (d) above. We describe this manufacturing process and how we have overcome the material challenges mentioned. Furthermore, we present characterization and manufacturing results, show demonstrators, and outline the potential of flexible Waveguides as versatile electro-optic assembly platform.

J Weiss - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • development of versatile polymer Waveguide flex technology for use in optical interconnects
    Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2013
    Co-Authors: R Dangel, Folkert Horst, Daniel Jubin, Norbert Meier, J Weiss, Bert Jan Offrein, Brandon W Swatowski, David J Deshazer, Ken W Weidner
    Abstract:

    We report on the implementation of novel flexible polymer Waveguide interconnects. They are based on newly developed mechanically flexible low-loss silicone Waveguides. In addition to meeting the generic requirements of rigid Waveguide interconnects, several flex-material challenges were mastered: a) mechanical flexibility permitting Waveguide flexing down to radii of 1.0 mm without cracking; b) minimization of Waveguide curling induced by the CTE mismatch between flex substrates and polymer layers to enable assembly and connectorization; c) greatly improved cladding adhesion on standard PCB flex substrates, such as polyimide; and d) high environmental stability despite the reduced polymer cross-linking required for better mechanical flexibility. The new Waveguides exhibit excellent stability in damp heat (2000 h in 85°C/85% rH) and under thermal shock (500 cycles from -40° to +120°C), and lead-free solder reflow up to 260°C. Using the newly engineered “Dow Corning WG-1017 Optical Waveguide Clad Dev Sample” and the established “Dow Corning WG-1010 Optical Waveguide Core”, we were able to develop a manufacturing process suitable for large areas and offering high process control and stability to produce Waveguides having optical loss values of less than 0.05 dB/cm at 850 nm VCSEL wavelength and fulfilling requirements (a) to (d) above. We describe this manufacturing process and how we have overcome the material challenges mentioned. Furthermore, we present characterization and manufacturing results, show demonstrators, and outline the potential of flexible Waveguides as versatile electro-optic assembly platform.

  • development of versatile polymer Waveguide flex technology for use in optical interconnects
    Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2013
    Co-Authors: R Dangel, J Weiss, Folke Hors, Daniel Jubi, Norbe Meie, Ert Ja Offrei, Ando W Swatowski, Chad M Amb, David J Deshaze, Ke W Weidne
    Abstract:

    We report on the implementation of novel flexible polymer Waveguide interconnects. They are based on newly developed mechanically flexible low-loss silicone Waveguides. In addition to meeting the generic requirements of rigid Waveguide interconnects, several flex-material challenges were mastered: a) mechanical flexibility permitting Waveguide flexing down to radii of 1.0 mm without cracking; b) minimization of Waveguide curling induced by the CTE mismatch between flex substrates and polymer layers to enable assembly and connectorization; c) greatly improved cladding adhesion on standard PCB flex substrates, such as polyimide; and d) high environmental stability despite the reduced polymer cross-linking required for better mechanical flexibility. The new Waveguides exhibit excellent stability in damp heat (2000 h in 85°C/85% rH) and under thermal shock (500 cycles from -40° to +120°C), and lead-free solder reflow up to 260°C. Using the newly engineered “Dow Corning WG-1017 Optical Waveguide Clad Dev Sample” and the established “Dow Corning WG-1010 Optical Waveguide Core”, we were able to develop a manufacturing process suitable for large areas and offering high process control and stability to produce Waveguides having optical loss values of less than 0.05 dB/cm at 850 nm VCSEL wavelength and fulfilling requirements (a) to (d) above. We describe this manufacturing process and how we have overcome the material challenges mentioned. Furthermore, we present characterization and manufacturing results, show demonstrators, and outline the potential of flexible Waveguides as versatile electro-optic assembly platform.