Optical waveguide using polymer.

Photolithography-free polymer optical waveguide arrays for optical backplane bus.

In this paper, an innovative 3-to-3 bi-directional optical bus architecture based on multimode polymer waveguides with embedded 45° micro-mirrors was successfully demonstrated. With a lithography-free imprinting process by high quality electroplated metallic mold, the device can be precisely replicated with a low fabrication cost. Superior to any point-to-point optical waveguide, the implemente...

Quasi-vertical tapers for polymer-waveguide-based interboard optical interconnects

Zeyu Pan, Harish Subbaraman, Yi Zou, Xiaochuan Xu, Xingyu Zhang, Cheng Zhang, Qiaochu Li, L. Jay Guo, and Ray T. Chen* Microelectronic Research Center, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78758, USA Omega Optics, Inc., 8500 Shoal Creek Blvd, Austin, Texas 78757, USA Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Univers...

Polymer waveguide backplanes for optical sensor interfaces in microfluidics.

A polymer optical backplane capable of generic luminescence detection within microfluidic chips is demonstrated using large core polymer waveguides and vertical couplers. The waveguides are fabricated through a new process combining mechanical machining and vapor polishing with elastomer microtransfer molding. A backplane approach enables general optical integration with planar array microfluid...

Polymer optical waveguide based bi-directional optical bus architecture for high speed optical backplane

With the technology trend of using optical interconnects as an alternative to traditional copper interconnects, basic elements such as waveguides and waveguide bus structure are studied worldwide. A novel 3-node bi-directional 50μm optical waveguide bus architecture with embedded mirrors is proposed and fabricated on flexible substrate. The fabrication is achieved by lithography-free molding. D...

Design and Fabrication of Optical Polymer Waveguide Devices for Optical Interconnects and Integrated Optical Coherence Tomography