Title :
Photomask-free fabrication of single-mode polymer optical waveguide using the Mosquito method
Author :
Yoshida, Sho ; Suganuma, Daisuke ; Ishigure, Takaaki
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Sci. & Technol., Keio Univ., Yokohama, Japan
Abstract :
We demonstrate a photomask-free fabrication for single-mode polymer optical waveguides using the Mosquito method. In fabricating the waveguides, an inorganic-organic hybrid resin is applied to decrease the carbon-hydrogen absorption loss at 1550-nm wavelength.
Keywords :
optical fabrication; optical losses; optical polymers; optical waveguides; organic-inorganic hybrid materials; resins; carbon-hydrogen absorption loss; inorganic-organic hybrid resin; mosquito method; photomask-free fabrication; single-mode polymer optical waveguide; wavelength 1550 nm; Insertion loss; Optical device fabrication; Optical fibers; Optical polymers;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2014.6995204
