Processing for Optical Data. Communications id h i. &. h l. Abstract :The demand
for ever improving computing performance is pushing data transmission rates ...
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Seminar Michigan Technological University g g y Thursday, September 30th, 2010 2:00 pm Room B45 EERC Building
Advanced Silicone Materials & Processing for Optical Data Communications By David DeShazer, Business & Technology id h i & h l Incubator, Dow Corning Corp. Abstract :The demand for ever improving computing performance is pushing data transmission rates higher and electronic interconnects to their limit. A host of fundamental issues, including electromagnetic interference and frequency‐dependent power l loss, increasing bit error rates and limiting interconnect lengths, make further progress costly i i bit t d li iti i t t l th k f th tl and challenging. Advances in technologies ranging from super‐computers to avionics to game consoles to mobile devices may slow without an alternative interconnect. Optical interconnects are a solution to the need for faster data transmission, and provide additional design and functional advantages, such as the ability to pattern crossing waveguides in a single layer with negligible losses and crosstalk. Dow Corning, together with industrial and academic partners including MTU is demonstrating a new class of highly transparent optical silicones partners including MTU, is demonstrating a new class of highly transparent optical silicones, OE 4140 and OE 4141, capable of precise patterning optically smooth waveguides via photolithography. These materials are stable to solder reflow conditions and extended exposure to high temperatures and humidity. Processing and performance of optical device primitives will be reviewed, as well as next generation materials and advanced patterning techniques. Biography: Dave DeShazer earned his B.S. in Physics with Highest Honors with an applied optics focus from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. in Physics at the University of Maryland College Park studying chaotic dynamics in coupled lasers under Prof. Rajarshi Roy. Since joining Dow Corning in 2002, Dave has been active developing, characterizing and demonstrating active and passive optical materials for a broad range of technologies, with current focus on solar power, sustainable lighting and optical data communications. In 2007 Dave received Dow Corning's Technical Achievement Award, its highest technical award, for the development and demonstration of materials for optical data communications.