Optoelectronic integration of polymer waveguide array and metal-semiconductor-metal photodetector through micromirror couplers

被引:33
作者
Liu, YJ [1 ]
Lin, L [1 ]
Choi, C [1 ]
Bihari, B [1 ]
Chen, RT [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Texas, Microelect Res Ctr, Austin, TX 78758 USA
关键词
45 degrees micromirror coupler; optical interconnect; optoelectronics integration; polymer waveguide;
D O I
10.1109/68.917851
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
We report the design and formation of a high-performance polymer waveguide array with 45 degrees micromirror couplers for achieving fully embedded board-level optoelectronic interconnects. We have used Si CMOS process compatible polymer as the fabrication material, which is relatively easy to process and has low propagation loss at 850-nm wavelength. 45 degrees total interior reflection (TIR) micromirror couplers fabricated within the channel waveguides provide surface-normal light coupling between the waveguide and the optoelectronic devices, thus forming a fully embedded three-dimensional optoelectronic interconnect. We have demonstrated a hybrid optoelectronic integrated system of GaAs MSM photodetector array and polymer channel waveguide array with 45 degrees micromirror couplers, showing an aggregate 3-dB bandwidth of 32 GHz.
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页码:355 / 357
页数:3
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