Amplification module for an optical printed circuit board and an optical printed circuit board

摘要

The invention provides an amplification module for an optical printed circuit board, the optical printed circuit board including plural polymer waveguide sections from independent waveguides, each of the sections being doped with an amplifying dopant, wherein the plural waveguide sections are routed so as to pass through an amplification zone in which the plural polymer waveguide sections are arranged close or adjacent to one another, the amplification module including: a pump source including plural light sources arranged to provide independently controllable levels of pump radiation to each of the plural waveguide sections. In an embodiment, the amplification module also includes plural polymer waveguide sections corresponding to the plural polymer waveguides of the printed circuit board on which in use the amplification module is to be arranged, each of the sections being doped with an amplifying dopant.

主权项

1. An amplifying polymer waveguide, the waveguide comprising:
a region including electroluminescent polymer material; an active waveguide region, in which the active waveguide region comprises a core polymer material doped with one or more optical amplifying materials; and electrical contacts to provide a voltage to the electroluminescent polymer material to generate optical radiation within the electroluminescent polymer material and thereby pump the one or more optical amplifying materials; wherein the doped waveguide region also includes the electroluminescent polymer material so that the waveguide is self-pumping.