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About Optical CrossLinks,
Inc.
Founded in 1998: Optical
CrossLinks, Inc. (OXL) has developed technology and capabilities to produce custom products
for a broad range of optical interconnection and component applications. These products are
aimed primarily at multimode chip and board level interconnections, instrument and rack
interconnectivity, optical functionality, multi-wavelength and sensor devices.
Custom optical fiber ribbons
and distribution buses or shuffles, are made with proprietary manufacturing and
connectorization designs. These products can interface with current OEM technology or benefit
from OXL's proprietary polymeric waveguides. Our polymeric waveguides are low loss,
photoimagable, self-developing guides manufactured on precoated films using photomasks up to
a foot square or more if required. This combination enables OXL to design and provide for
unique, optimum, and versatile configurations providing full optical system solutions.
Significant advances have been
made regarding high-density interconnectivity and optical interfaces to solid-state components,
utilizing standard or custom MT style connectors. This interconnectivity includes board edge
and board to back plane connectivity. OXL waveguide forming technology is capable of creating
internal few micron sized guide structures that provide for low loss and unique waveguide
crossovers for dense circuits, multiplexers and sensor product designs.
OXL is actively seeking new
investment and customers to provide the resources and product development opportunities to
exploit our unique core capabilities for commercially deployable products.
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Optical CrossLinks
Today
OXL has developed single and
stacked multilayer polymer film waveguide interconnectivity with a high degree of precision.
Shown is a product module developed by Teraconnect in which the interconnection
between their 4 x 12 array of VCSEL's and/or detectors is achieved with high precision and
uniform optical loss using OXL's stacked four-layer film array of polymer waveguides.
The waveguide interface is
achieved with a proprietary connector ferrule design on the component end. On
the optical fiber interface end there are two standard commercial MT's with a 2x12 format.
Two layers of OXL's film couple to the 24 fibers in each MT through a proprietary
two-layer film MT style interface. A photoimaged 90 degree, 5mm ROC, right angle
waveguide bend at the component interface provides for a low profile configuration.
A related product uses the same
bend ROC, but it is achieved by bending the flexible film, which has embedded straight
waveguides. Appropriate waveguide pitch variations provide for proper coupling at
the several interfaces. The Teraconnect module was in beta testing until
applications were put on hold awaiting the return of the market for high-density optical
interconnections. This is an excellent example of OXL's unique and versatile
capability to make custom precise low loss high-density waveguide interconnections linking
solid-state components other waveguides and/or optical fibers. Environmental
stability has been demonstrated.
 Entering the Third Dimension
Our unique system can tolerate
a 5 mm ROC bend without loss. Coupled with our unique MT connector designs, we can make dense
2-d connector arrays compatible with standard MT style footprint for reliable
VCSEL's, detector arrays and mother-daughter board connections.
Multiple layers can be
laminated together to create multi-layer optical circuits and circuit boards.
Our unique process can also
provide a route to embedding active and passive components such as photodetectors,
filters, lasers, etc.
Our Flexibility
Our unique polymer material
allows our customers incredible flexibility in their optical circuit design. Our passive
alignment system is well-suited to a fast ramp-up of high volume manufacturing with a very
cost-effective price.
 Facility
Our facility currently
encompasses 13000 sq. ft and is located within Kennett Square, PA. This facility houses
offices, conference rooms/areas, optical and test labs, product assembly and quality
control/test areas, 400 sq. ft. of clean rooms, UV laser micro-machining station, fiber
handling, spooling, and ribbonizing/shuffling product lines. Competencies include modeling
capability for mask and waveguide design, and Pro/ENGINEER for product packaging, connector
and equipment design.
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