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Solder-reflowable, high-throughput fiber assembly achieved by partitioning of adhesive functions

Janta-Polczynski et al., 2018

Document ID
4628781484141508886
Author
Janta-Polczynski A
Cyr E
Langlois R
Fortier P
Taira Y
Boyer N
Barwicz T
Publication year
Publication venue
2018 IEEE 68th Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC)

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Cost-efficient packaging of silicon photonic chips is a key challenge to large scale deployment of silicon photonic devices. We have previously demonstrated a parallelized fiber-to-chip assembly process making use of off-the-shelf fiber components and compatible …
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