Optical coupling of active components and polymer based optical waveguide boards

Conference: ECOC 2007 - 33rd European Conference and Exhibition of Optical Communication
09/16/2007 - 09/20/2007 at Berlin, Germany

Proceedings: ECOC 2007

Pages: 2Language: englishTyp: PDF

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Authors:
Keil, N.; Yao, H. H.; Zawadzki, C.; Mhrle, M.; Schlaak, W.; Grote, N. (Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich-Hertz-Institut, Einsteinufer 37, D-10587 Berlin, Germany)

Abstract:
Optical coupling between active components and polymer based optical waveguide boards are addressed. Using a waveguide chip as optical adapter the coupling loss between laser diodes and single-mode fibres can be reduced by some 6dB.