Kunihiko Asama

TL;DR: In this article, a self-organized light-wave network (SOLNET) is proposed for three-dimensional (3-D) optical wiring with optical Z-connections, where the self-organization is generated in a photorefractive material by self focusing of the two write beams from the two devices.

TL;DR: In this paper, the feasibility of self-organized microoptoelectronic system (SELMOS) for board-level reconfigurable optical interconnects is studied by the beam propagation method/finite difference time domain simulation focusing on three key issues; reducing size/cost of electrical to optical (E-O) and optical to electrical (O-E) signal conversion devices, tolerating alignment accuracy for optical coupling, and miniaturizing high-speed massive optical switching.

TL;DR: In this paper, two types of three-dimensional optical circuits based on waveguide films are proposed and experimentally demonstrated: stacked waveguide film with 45-deg mirrors and vertical waveguide with vertical waveguides.

TL;DR: In this article, a poly-azomethine (poly-AM) thin film was grown on the SiO region, that is, on the hydrophilic region, without growth on the hyrophobic region.

TL;DR: The reflective self-organized lightwave network (R-SOLNET) as discussed by the authors enables the formation of self-aligned waveguides in the photorefractive (PR) material between misaligned optical devices by introducing a write beam.