Title :
Design of suspended SU-8 optical waveguides for ultrasmall bendings
Author :
Yang, Bo ; Sheng, Zhen ; Dai, Dao Xin
Author_Institution :
Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Abstract :
The design of small suspended SU-8 optical waveguides is presented. A very small bending radius (∼5µm) can be achieved because of the high-index contrast. A crossing structure is designed and optimized with low loss (≪0.1dB) as the arms to support the suspended waveguides.
Keywords :
Electromagnetic waveguides; Optical buffering; Optical design; Optical polymers; Optical refraction; Optical resonators; Optical sensors; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Polarization;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Photonics Conference and Exhibition (ACP), 2009 Asia
Conference_Location :
Shanghai, China
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-877-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-877-3
