Abstract
We studied the epoxy and silicone resins used for the plastic packaging of laser-diode (LD) modules with regard to their temperature dependence of the refractive index, stability at high temperature in a very humid atmosphere, contraction strain during the thermal curing process, temperature dependence of the thermal strain, and water sorption. We found that these resins have refractive index temperature coefficients on the order of 10–4/deg, and that there is no variation in the refractive index in an 85 °C, 85% RH atmosphere. Moreover, the epoxy resins exhibited a thermal contraction strain of about 0.1% and a thermal strain temperature coefficient of about 10–6/deg. With silicone resins, there is negligible strain resulting from thermal curing or temperature variation. Furthermore, we have determined that the moisture diffusion and permeability coefficients are, respectively, three orders and one order of magnitude smaller in the epoxy resin than in the silicone resin. © 1999 Scripta Technica, Electron Comm Jpn Pt 2, 81(12): 17–26, 1998
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