Optical transmission of polymer pillars for chip I/O optical interconnections

In the pursuit of high-density wafer-level input-output optical interconnections, microscopic polymer pillars have recently been fabricated. The optical performance of these pillars is critical for their potential application to gigascale integration. In the present work, the optical transmission of...

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Published in:IEEE photonics technology letters 2004-01, Vol.16 (1), p.117-119
Main Authors: Bakir, M.S., Gaylord, T.K., Ogunsola, O.O., Glytsis, E.N., Meindl, J.D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chips
Cross sections
Glass
Interconnections
Optical interconnections
Optical microscopy
Optical noise
Optical polymers
Optical refraction
Optical surface waves
Optical variables control
Optical waveguides
Photonics
Pillars
Smoothness
Testing
Variability
Waveguides
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Summary:In the pursuit of high-density wafer-level input-output optical interconnections, microscopic polymer pillars have recently been fabricated. The optical performance of these pillars is critical for their potential application to gigascale integration. In the present work, the optical transmission of these pillars is analyzed and measured. It is shown that these polymer pillars act as precision many-moded waveguides, thus, verifying the cross-sectional uniformity, smoothness of surfaces, and optical quality of the material.
ISSN:1041-1135
1941-0174
DOI:10.1109/LPT.2003.819398