Title :
Roll-to-roll fabrication of thin foil-based optical waveguides with grating couplers
Author :
Bruck, R. ; Muellner, P. ; Kataeva, N. ; Koeck, A. ; Hainberger, R. ; Trassl, S. ; Rinnerbauer, V. ; Schmidegg, K.
Author_Institution :
AIT Austrian Inst. of Technol. GmbH, Vienna, Austria
Abstract :
We report the fabrication of low-loss thin-film foil-based polymer waveguides with grating couplers employing an industrial roll-to-roll process. These waveguides are promising candidates for applications in short distance data communication as well as in sensing applications.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; optical couplers; optical fabrication; optical films; optical polymers; optical waveguides; grating couplers; industrial roll-to-roll process; low-loss thin-film foil; optical waveguides; polymer waveguides; roll-to-roll fabrication; short distance data communication; Couplers; Couplings; Gratings; Loss measurement; Optical device fabrication; Optical waveguides; Polymers;
Conference_Titel :
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2012 17th
Conference_Location :
Busan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0976-9
Electronic_ISBN :
2166-8884
DOI :
10.1109/OECC.2012.6276464
