Title :
Fabrication for low-loss polymer optical waveguides with 90° bending using the Mosquito method
Author :
Takahashi, Asami ; Ishigure, Takaaki
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of Sci. & Technol., Keio Univ., Yokohama, Japan
Abstract :
We fabricate graded index (GI) circular core multimode polymer optical waveguides with 90° bending using the Mosquito method, and demonstrate low bending loss even if the bend radius is as small as 1 mm.
Keywords :
gradient index optics; optical fabrication; optical losses; optical polymers; optical waveguides; 90° bending; Mosquito method; graded index circular core multimode polymer optical waveguides; low bending loss; low-loss polymer optical waveguide fabrication; radius 1 mm; Insertion loss; Loss measurement; Optical device fabrication; Optical interconnections; Optical polymers; Optical waveguides; boardlevel integration; optoelectronics packaging & subsystems; polymer optical waveguide;
Conference_Titel :
CPMT Symposium Japan (ICSJ), 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-6194-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICSJ.2014.7009635