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Advanced Polymer Integrated Optics (APIO)
XBH's Advanced
Polymer Integrated Optics is a platform technology for the
design & fabrication of polymer optical chips & hybrid optical
chips containing polymer.
It is the
combination of a reliable and scalable chip fabrication
process with a large toolbox of optical designs. It has the
ability to integrate a range of optical functionality, with a
flexible layout and a small footprint. It can deliver high
volume manufacturing, with standard semiconductor fabrication
equipment, at high yields and low cost.
Products
Passive PLC chips
Splitters
Mux/demux
(1550nm
/ 1310nm)
Custom Device Design
Innovative
and professional design services
Low
cost, small footprint, high performance planar solutions
Customised
layout and footprint
Foundry Services
Mask
design and layout
Fabrication
Dicing
Fibre
attachment
Full
chip characterisation
Wafer
characterisation
Advantages
Small footprints possible due to high index
contrasts
Small
bend radius
Low
device losses
Suitable platform for complex functionality (better than Silica on Silicon)
Dynamic
attenuation using thermo-optic coefficient
Modulation
by incorporation of electro-optic chromophores
Scaleable to Volume Manufacture
Few
steps
High
yields
Direct
UV Patterning (resist free process with no ion etching)
Low
capex cost
Small
facility requirements
Low
labour cost
Wafer
size independent
Solvent free processing
High
quality films
Environmentally
safe
Low
cost shipping and handling
Nominal
Specifications
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Fully Tuneable Refractive Index Range
(25°C) |
Cured Film, 1550 nm: 1.474 - 1.528
Cured Film, 633 nm: 1.491 - 1.543
IPG™ Resin, 633 nm: 1.485 - 1.535 |
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Thermo-optic coefficient (dn/dT) |
~ -3 x 10-4
/°C
(over whole index range) |
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Birefringence |
~ 1 x 10-4 |
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Resin Absorption Loss |
1550 nm: ~ 0.5 dB/cm
1310 nm: ~ 0.25 dB/cm
850 nm:
<
0.1 dB/cm
633 nm:
<
0.1 dB/cm |
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Resin viscosity |
1,000 - 10,000 cP (controllable) |
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Film thickness |
0.5 - 50 um (single spun layer) |
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Thermal stability |
>300
°C |
Patterning of Waveguides
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1x16 MMI splitter output |
Waveguide core (proximity exposure) |
Insertion Loss
Fabrication
Process
If you need any special spec, we can customize
If you don't find what you're looking for,
Contact Us.
We may have a suitable product that's not listed, or we may be
able to develop a material to fit your specific needs.
Tel : (02)2217-3442 / Fax : (02)2704-4070
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