Details
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Optical Interconnects XXII |
| Editors | Ray T. Chen, Henning Schroder |
| Publisher | SPIE |
| ISBN (electronic) | 9781510648852 |
| Publication status | Published - 2022 |
| Event | Optical Interconnects XXII 2022 - Virtual, Online Duration: 20 Feb 2022 → 24 Feb 2022 |
Publication series
| Name | Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering |
|---|---|
| Volume | 12007 |
| ISSN (Print) | 0277-786X |
| ISSN (electronic) | 1996-756X |
Abstract
Printing optical waveguides is an approach to the high volume implementation of optical data transmission in conventional electronic systems. Flexographic printing enables the manufacturing of circular segment-shaped polymer waveguides on planar substrates, which show great potential as economic Gbit/s-capable short-range networks. This work describes a process chain to manufacture and integrate a printed optical data transmission path in conventional printed circuit boards (PCB). This sequence of processes gives an outlook on up-scaling utilizing printed optical waveguides to mass manufacturing. Since the significant challenge in integration is achieving sufficient optical coupling, geometrical tolerances are investigated using raytracing simulation. Relevant degrees of freedom of the laser diode and waveguide are varied and validated by measuring alignment profiles. As a result, the mechanical interface provided by the PCB is presented and validated by confocal measurements. An innovative pick and place tool assembles the separated flexible waveguide to realize a demonstration system. As a validation, Fast Ethernet data transmission is presented over a flexible optical connection. In further steps, a miniaturization of the system is the goal to achieve a standardized system for applications like galvanic isolation.
Keywords
- Electro-optical circuit boards (EOCB), Optical Interconnects, Printed optical waveguides
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Materials Science(all)
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Physics and Astronomy(all)
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Computer Science(all)
- Computer Science Applications
- Mathematics(all)
- Applied Mathematics
- Engineering(all)
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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Optical Interconnects XXII. ed. / Ray T. Chen; Henning Schroder. SPIE, 2022. 120070C (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 12007).
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T1 - Fast ethernet operation of a printed optical transmission path using industrial integration technologies
AU - Evertz, A.
AU - Reitz, B.
AU - Olsen, E.
AU - Wetzel, U.
AU - Ghane-Mothlagh, R.
AU - Sengünes, I.
AU - Döhrmann, S.
AU - Seyfried, M.
AU - Oppermann, A.
AU - Tolle, N.
AU - Overmeyer, L.
N1 - Funding Information: This study was conducted within the OptiK-Net (Project ID 13N15045) project. This work was supported by the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) under the project sponsor VDI Technologiezentrum GmbH. Further the work was supported and funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany’s Excellence Strategy within the Cluster of Excellence PhoenixD (EXC 2122, Project ID 390833453). The authors would like to thank the sponsors for the attentive support and extensive possibilities during our research.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Printing optical waveguides is an approach to the high volume implementation of optical data transmission in conventional electronic systems. Flexographic printing enables the manufacturing of circular segment-shaped polymer waveguides on planar substrates, which show great potential as economic Gbit/s-capable short-range networks. This work describes a process chain to manufacture and integrate a printed optical data transmission path in conventional printed circuit boards (PCB). This sequence of processes gives an outlook on up-scaling utilizing printed optical waveguides to mass manufacturing. Since the significant challenge in integration is achieving sufficient optical coupling, geometrical tolerances are investigated using raytracing simulation. Relevant degrees of freedom of the laser diode and waveguide are varied and validated by measuring alignment profiles. As a result, the mechanical interface provided by the PCB is presented and validated by confocal measurements. An innovative pick and place tool assembles the separated flexible waveguide to realize a demonstration system. As a validation, Fast Ethernet data transmission is presented over a flexible optical connection. In further steps, a miniaturization of the system is the goal to achieve a standardized system for applications like galvanic isolation.
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KW - Electro-optical circuit boards (EOCB)
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