Design and fabrication of polymer waveguide resonator with distributed bragg reflectors

Author

Liu, Tao ; Panepucci, Roberto R.

Author_Institution

Florida Int. Univ., Miami

fYear

2007

fDate

Oct. 29 2007-Nov. 1 2007

Firstpage

375

Lastpage

378

Abstract

We present the design and fabrication of a polymer waveguide resonator made up of ID distributed Bragg reflectors (DBR) with air and polymer alternating layers. Simulation is done by 3D FDTD and BPM simulations. The optimization of the polymer ridge waveguide, the reflectance of DBR mirrors and the characteristics of the cavity are shown. A microcavity with quality factor Q-2000 and length Khun can be achieved at resonant wavelength 1.55 um. Initial fabrication results using direct electron-beam lithography are demonstrated.

Keywords

distributed Bragg reflectors; electron beam lithography; microcavities; optical polymers; optical resonators; optical waveguide components; ridge waveguides; DBR; direct electron-beam lithography; distributed Bragg reflectors; optimization; polymer waveguide resonator; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Finite difference methods; Microcavities; Mirrors; Optical device fabrication; Polymers; Q factor; Reflectivity; Resonance; Time domain analysis; Bragg reflectors; Optical Waveguide; Polimer waveguide; Waveguide ressonator;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference, 2007. IMOC 2007. SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Brazil

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0661-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0661-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMOC.2007.4404284

Filename

4404284