Franke J. Optical Polymer Waveguides. From the Design...Integrated Device 2022

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Light signals in optical waveguides can be used to transmit very large amounts of data quickly and largely without interference. In the industrial and infrastructural sectors, e.g. in the automotive and aerospace industries, the demand to further exploit this potential is therefore increasing. Which technologies can be used to effectively integrate systems that transmit data by means of light into existing components? This is a central question for current research. So far, there have been some technical limitations in this regard. For example, it is difficult to couple the signal of an optical waveguide to other optical waveguides without interruption. There is also a lack of suitable fabrication technologies for three-dimensional waveguides, as well as design and simulation environments for 3D opto-MID. This book addresses these and other challenges.
Current Development in the Field of Optical Short-Range Interconnects
Computer-Aided Design of Electro-Optical Assemblies
Three-Dimensional Simulations of Optical Multimode Waveguides
Conditioning of Flexible Substrates for the Application of Optical Waveguides
Aerosol Jet Printing of Polymer Optical Waveguides
3D-Opto-MID Coupling Concept Using Printed Waveguides
Feasibility of Printed Optical Waveguides Over the Entire Process Chain by OPTAVER