Title :
Fabrication of planar optical waveguides by electrical microcontact printing
Author :
Wolfe, D.B. ; Conroy, Richard S. ; Love, J.Christopher ; Gates, Byron ; Prentiss, Mara ; Whitesides, George M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Chem. & Chem. Biol., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
We describe the fabrication by electrical microcontact printing of optical waveguides and splitters made of poly(4-vinylphenol) doped with phloxine B, permitting inexpensive, rapid prototyping over large areas and construction of integrated, multi-level devices.
Keywords :
dyes; optical beam splitters; optical fabrication; optical planar waveguides; optical polymers; soft lithography; electrical microcontact printing; phloxine B; planar optical waveguides fabrication; poly(4-vinylphenol); splitters;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
