Intensive research on optical interconnections has attracted considerable attention for high-end router and server
applications. A polymer film waveguide is expected to be applied to an optical circuit board in an optical
interconnection. The film waveguide requires a conventional connector if it is to be employed as a practical optical
circuit board. This paper describes the MT connector used with polymer film waveguide (PMT connector), which is
compatible with the MT connector used with optical fiber. This connector can be attached to a film waveguide by
passive alignment, and is used to connect waveguides. When the connector was equipped with an epoxy resin film
waveguide, the insertion and connection losses were less than 1.4 and 0.5 dB, respectively. These losses are sufficiently
small to meet the basic requirement for optical circuit boards, so we were able to fabricate a flexible optical circuit board
with PMT connectors. This paper also describes the application of a film waveguide with PMT connectors to an optical
front plane system.
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