Title :
Polymeric optical waveguide films with 45° mirrors formed with a 90° V-shaped diamond blade
Author :
Yoshimura, R. ; Hikita, M. ; Usui, M. ; Tomaru, S. ; Imamura, S.
Author_Institution :
NTT Opto-Electron. Labs., Ibaraki, Japan
fDate :
7/17/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A novel method for forming high quality 45° mirrors in polymeric waveguides is described. Singlemode and multimode polymeric waveguide films with 450 mirrors were fabricated by cutting the waveguide with a 90° V-shaped diamond blade. The mirror losses were as low as 0.1 dB for the single mode and 0.3 dB for the multimode waveguides
Keywords :
mirrors; optical fabrication; optical interconnections; optical losses; optical polymers; optical waveguides; polymer films; 0.1 dB; 0.3 dB; V-shaped diamond blade; high quality 45° mirrors; mirror losses; multimode waveguide films; polymeric optical waveguide films; singlemode waveguide films;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19970881
