Low-loss, single-mode, organic polymer waveguides utilizing refractive index tailoring

Christopher W. Phelps; Timothy S. Barry; Daniel L. Rode; Robert R. Krchnavek

doi:10.1109/50.633586

Low-loss, single-mode, organic polymer waveguides utilizing refractive index tailoring

Christopher W. Phelps, Timothy S. Barry, Daniel L. Rode, Robert R. Krchnavek

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Low-loss, single-mode optical waveguides have been fabricated from photopolymerizable acrylic monomers. The material system consists of a low-index cladding resin and a high-index core resin. The two resins are miscible so that precise control over the refractive index can be obtained. This allows the fabrication of single-mode waveguides with specific cross-sectional dimensions. One advantage of this is the ability to fabricate waveguides with high coupling efficiencies to other devices such as optical fiber or semiconductor lasers. The materials adhere to a wide variety of substrates and exhibit average waveguide losses of 0.56 dB/cm at 1300 nm for single-mode waveguides. Details of the fabrication procedure, index of refraction tailoring technique, and waveguide loss data are presented.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1900-1905
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Lightwave Technology
Volume	15
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/50.633586
State	Published - Oct 1997
Externally published	Yes

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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