Optical Waveguide Connects Semiconductor Chips

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  • Date: 17.09.2012

Optical Waveguide Connects Semiconductor Chips

The wire bond is adapted to the position and orientation of the chips. (Figure: N. Lindenmann and G. Balthasar)

A team of KIT researchers directed by Professor Christian Koos has succeeded in developing an effective optical connection between optical semiconductor chips. While the development of high-performance optical emitters and receivers integrated on microchips has already reached a high level, there had been no satisfactory solution to their connection. The prototype of the photonic wire bonds reached very small losses and a very high transmission bandwidth in the range of infrared telecommunication wavelengths.
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