Abstract
In order to realize the potential of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) for achieving low-cost optical interconnections, alignment-tolerant and low-cost optical assembling techniques are important in addition to performance improvements on VCSELs. To reduce to alignment difficulties during fiber assembly, the use of large-core plastic cladding fibers (PCFs) and imaging fibers (IMF) with VCSELs is proposed. This paper proposes a distributed fiber switch (DFS) that consists of VCSELs and an optical cross connector (OCC) using PCFs. Fabricated OCC is demonstrated by using a plastic molding technique and their optical transmission characteristics are reported.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 187-188 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Conference Proceedings - Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting-LEOS |
| Volume | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 1995 Dec 1 |
| Event | Proceedings of the 1995 8th Annual Meeting of the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society. Part 1 (of 2) - San Francisco, CA, USA Duration: 1995 Oct 30 → 1995 Nov 2 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering