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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2003
Tony Mule′, Atlanta, GA (US);
James D. Meindl, Marietta, GA (US);
Paul Kohl, Atlanta, GA (US);
Stephen M. Schultz, Tucson, AZ (US);
Thomas K. Gaylord, Atlanta, GA (US);
Elias N. Glytsis, Dunwoody, GA (US);
Ricardo Villalaz, Atlanta, GA (US);
Muhannad Bakir, Atlanta, GA (US);
Hollie Reed, Smyrna, GA (US);
Georgia Tech Research Corp., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Optical interconnect layers and methods of fabrication thereof are described. In addition, the optical interconnect layers integrated into devices such as backplane (BP), printed wiring board (PWB), and multi-chip module (MCM) level devices are described. A representative optical interconnect layer includes a first cladding layer, a second cladding layer, one or more waveguides having a waveguide core and an air-gap cladding layer engaging a portion of waveguide core, wherein the first cladding layer and the second cladding layer engage the waveguide.