Monomode polymer waveguides with integrated mirrors

Author

Wiesmann, R. ; Kalveram, S. ; Neyer, A.

Author_Institution

Fakultat fur Elektrotech., Dortmund Univ., Germany

Volume

2

fYear

1996

fDate

19-19 Sept. 1996

Firstpage

265

Abstract

Low loss monomode polymer waveguides with integrated mirrors for off-plane coupling are realised for applications in optical bus systems. The waveguide and mirror structures are fabricated in PMMA substrates by injection moulding. The microstructured metal mould inserts are prepared by silicon micromachining and electroplating. For polymer waveguide fabrication a new copolymer PFPMA/TeCEA is used as low loss UV-curing waveguide core material. First devices with a waveguide attenuation of 0.21 dB/cm at 1300 nm wavelength and a mirror loss of about 1 dB have been demonstrated.

Keywords

electroplating; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; micromachining; mirrors; optical fabrication; optical interconnections; optical losses; optical polymers; optical waveguides; substrates; system buses; 1 dB; 1300 nm; PMMA substrates; copolymer PFPMA/TeCEA; electroplating; injection moulding; integrated mirrors; low loss UV-curing waveguide core material; low loss monomode polymer waveguides; microstructured metal mould inserts; mirror loss; mirror structures; monomode polymer waveguides; off-plane coupling; optical bus systems; optical losses; polymer waveguide fabrication; silicon micromachining; waveguide attenuation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Communication, 1996. ECOC '96. 22nd European Conference on

Conference_Location

Oslo, Norway

Print_ISBN

82-423-0418-1

Type

conf

Filename

715741