Metal-slotted hybrid optical waveguides for PCB-compatible optical interconnection

doi:10.1364/OE.20.010438

Metal-slotted hybrid optical waveguides for PCB-compatible optical interconnection

Jin Tae Kim, Jung Jin Ju, and Suntak Park »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 20, Issue 9, pp. 10438-10445 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.010438

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For development of electro-optical printed circuit board (PCB) systems, PCB-compatible metal-slotted hybrid optical waveguide was proposed and its optical characteristics are investigated at a wavelength of 1.31 μm. To confine light in a metallic multilayered structure, a metal film with a wide trench is inserted at the center of a dielectric medium that is sandwiched between metal films of infinite width. A circularly symmetric spot of the guided mode was measured at the center of the metal-slotted optical waveguide, which is a good agreement with the theoretical prediction by using the finite-element method. The measured propagation loss is about 1.5 dB/cm. Successful transmission of 2.5 Gbps optical signal without any distortion of the eye diagram confirms that the proposed hybrid optical waveguide holds a potential transmission line for the PCB-compatible optical interconnection.

OCIS Codes
(130.3120) Integrated optics : Integrated optics devices
(200.4650) Optics in computing : Optical interconnects
(230.7370) Optical devices : Waveguides

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Integrated Optics

History
Original Manuscript: March 16, 2012
Revised Manuscript: April 9, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: April 11, 2012
Published: April 20, 2012

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Jin Tae Kim, Jung Jin Ju, and Suntak Park, "Metal-slotted hybrid optical waveguides for PCB-compatible optical interconnection," Opt. Express 20, 10438-10445 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-20-9-10438

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IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron.

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IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett.

J. T. Kim, J. J. Ju, S. Park, S. K. Park, M.-S. Kim, J.-M. Lee, J.-S. Choe, M.-H. Lee, and S.-Y. Shin, “Silver stripe optical waveguide for chip-to-chip optical interconnection,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett.21(13), 902–904 (2009). [CrossRef]
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IEEE Trans. Adv. Packag.

E. Griese, “A high-performance hybrid electrical-optical interconnection technology for high-speed electronic systems,” IEEE Trans. Adv. Packag.24(3), 375–383 (2001). [CrossRef]
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Opt. Express

J. T. Kim, J. J. Ju, S. Park, M. S. Kim, S. K. Park, and M.-H. Lee, “Chip-to-chip optical interconnect using gold long-range surface plasmon polariton waveguides,” Opt. Express16(17), 13133–13138 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Phys. Rev. Lett.

D. Sarid, “Long-range surface-plasma waves on very thin metal films,” Phys. Rev. Lett.47(26), 1927–1930 (1981). [CrossRef]

Proc. IEEE

A. F. J. Levi, “Optical interconnections in systems,” Proc. IEEE88(6), 750–757 (2000). [CrossRef]
D. A. B. Miller, “Rationale and challenges for optical interconnects to electronic chips,” Proc. IEEE88(6), 728–749 (2000). [CrossRef]

Other

K. H. Hahn, “POLO-parallel optical links for gigabyte data communications,” in Proc. 8th Annu. Meeting LEOS, San Francisco, CA, 228–229 (1995).
Y. S. Liu, R. J. Wojnarowski, W. A. Hennessy, J. P. Bristow, and A. Yue Liu, Peczalski, J. Rowlette, A. Plotts, J. Stack, M. Kadar-Kallen, J. Yardley, L. Eldada, R. M. Osgood, R. Scarmozzino, S. H. Lee, V. Ozgus, and S. Patra, “Polymer optical interconnect technology (POINT)-optoelectronic packaging and interconnect for board and backplane applications,” in Proc. 46th Electron. Compon. Technol. Conf., Orlando, FL, 308–315 (1996).
L. J. Norton, F. Carney, N. Choi, C. K. Y. Chun, R. K. Denton, Jr., D. Diaz, J. Knapp, M. Meyering, C. Ngo, S. Planer, G. Raslun, E. Reyes, J. Sauvageau, D. B. Schwartz, S. G. Shook, J. Yoder, and Y. Wen, “OPTOBUSTM I: A production parallel fiber optical interconnect,” in Proc. 47th Electron. Compon. Technol. Conf., San Jose, CA, 204–209 (1997).
H. Karstensen, L. Melchior, V. Plickert, K. Drogemuller, J. Blank, T. Wipiejewski, H.-D. Wolf, J. Wieland, G. Jeiter, R. Dal'Ara, and M. Blaser, “Parallel optical link (PAROLI) for multichannel gigabit rate interconnections,” in Proc. 48th Electron. Compon. Technol. Conf., Seattle, WA, 747–754 (1998).
M. Usui, N. Sato, A. Ohki, N. Matsuura, N. Tanaka, K. Enbutsu, M. Amano, M. Hikita, T. Kagawa, K. Katsura, and Y. Ando, “ParaBIT-1: 60-Gb/s-throughput parallel optical interconnect module,” in Proc. 50th Electron. Compon. Technol. Conf., LasVegas, NV, 1252–1258 (2000).
D. Krabe, F. Ebling, N. Arndt-Staufenbiel, G. Lang, and W. Scheel, “New technology for electrical/optical systems on module and board level: The EOCB approach,” in Proc. 50th Electron. Compon. Technol. Conf., Las Vegas, NV, 970–974 (2000).
K. Schmieder and K.-J. Wolter, “Electro-optical printed circuit board (EOPCB),” in Proc. 50th Electron. Compon. Technol. Conf., Las Vegas, NV, 749–753 (2000).
R. N. Simons, Coplanar Waveguide Circuits, Components, and Systems (Wiley Interscience, 2001).
FIMMWAVE. ver. 5.0, a vectorial waveguide solver. Photon Design, 2006.
E. D. Palik, Handbook of Optical Constants of Solids (Academic, 1985).

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