Driving Optical Integration
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GuideLink™ is the ideal platform to integrate complex optical circuits incorporating switches,
modulators, and other devices. Manufacturing optical circuits for optimum price, performance,
and integration is our goal.
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Waveguides by the yard™
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Typical ramps in the telecom and datacom markets look more
like step functions than traditional manufacturing ramps. Our
fabrication process inherently favors
high volume manufacturing.
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DistributionLink™ Custom fiber distibution systems
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DistributionLink™ product line features perfect and custom shuffles with
low insertion loss and skew in an incredibly small footprint as well as
custom connectorized optical fiber ribbons.
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GuideLink™ Waveguides
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This waveguide technology is based on an acrylate-type
polymer film. Single and multi-mode waveguides are
fabricated in this flexible material for a variety
of products which typically work from 600nm to 1650 nm.
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Typical waveguide structures are easily integrated and
exposed in sheets as large as 13”x16”. More
complex elements such as gratings and lenses can
be imaged during the manufacturing process as
well, thus creating a completely embedded complex
optical element. Micro-machining techniques are
employed to facilitate passive alignment of
embedded devices and connectors.Unique connectorization
options facilitate the integration of our products into yours.
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Critical Polymer Waveguide Attributes
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Critical attributes for a cost effective high performance polymeric waveguide optical interconnection system technology must be satisfied for practical
applications to meet rigorous implementation requirements. These attributes involve, for example, guide formation and performance, scalability for high
volume manufacturing, connectorization, system application versatility, reliability, and cost effectiveness.
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OXL’s unique polymer waveguide GuideLink™ system meets or exceeds these critical attribute requirements with a high level of performance and capability, as
summarized in the linked pdf table, for each attribute.
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Critical Polymeric Waveguide Attributes.
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Publications and presentations
The Polyguide™ /GuideLink™ publication and presentation file contains all
relevant items that we are aware of regarding polymer waveguides and
applications using the Optical CrossLink (OXL) technology referred to as
GuideLink™ and when the OXL team was at DuPont referred to as Polyguide™.
The first publication was in 1988. During the next few years presentations
primarily were on single mode waveguide technology and devices. Starting around
1993, publications included both multimode and single mode work. Single and
multimode applications and technology was described in presentations,
publications, and book chapters covering bubble switches, polymeric (single
mode) thermal switches, splitters, gratings and connectivity issues though
the mid 1990's. Early multimode circuit board applications potential was
demonstrated with DEC and published in 1994.
A number of publications from
the mid 1990's and beyond were related to the DARPA funded POLO (Parallel
Optical Link Organization) and POINT (Parallel Optical Interconnect
Technology) where robust packaging was introduced along with I/O deflecting
mirrors, MT connectorization, and initial circuit board interconnections
using multimode guides.
Authors included those from all involved
organizations such as HP (Aglient), AMP (Tyco/AMP), SDL, USC, and DuPont.
Developmental and thesis work at the U.of Ghent in Belgium described a
number of practical interconnectivity topics and in particular results for
star coupler devices. Recent publications have emphasized multimode
technology, packaging, connectivity and growing applications capability and
potential for chip and board level interconnections, stacked circuits and
high density and board to board connectivity.
This WEB site has the most
recent work in the form of Technical and Applications Notes.
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Listing of Relevent Publications and Presentations.
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Technology and Application Notes
Papers summarizing the various technologies and prototype development work, that represent
Optical CrossLinks' current product capabilties, are linked below. Customer driven prototype examples
utilizing our novel concepts are used as examples.
To Technology and Application Notes Page
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Recent articles referencing OXL's Technology
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Selected Presentations and Papers
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Performance Data and Design Considerations
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Polymer Platform
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Optical CrossLinks Waveguide Grating Technology and Applications.
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High-density interconnects for 2-dimensional VCSEL arrays suitable for mass scale production
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White Paper on Polymer Optical Switch
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Polyguide™ Polymeric Technology for Optical Interconnect Circuits
andComponents"SPIE 1997.
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