Planar packaging of free-space optical interconnections

Abstract

Planar optics is an approach to build integrated free-space optical systems on single substrates. Computer-aided design, lithographic fabrication, and micro-bonding techniques are used to package the optics in a compact way. This paper reviews recent work on planar optics. It discusses various aspects of the fabrication, the design, and the application of planar optics as an interconnection technology for optoelectronic computing and switching systems.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">&gt;</ETX>