DocumentCode
3076167
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
fYear
2012
fDate
2-6 July 2012
Firstpage
249
Lastpage
250
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2012 17th
Conference_Location
Busan
ISSN
2166-8884
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-0976-9
Electronic_ISBN
2166-8884
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OECC.2012.6276464
Filename
6276464
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