Multidirectional waveguide arrays in a planar architecture

Ian D. Hosein; Hao Lin; Matthew R. Ponte; Dinesh Baskar; Kalaichelvi Saravanamuttu

doi:10.1117/12.2039970

7 March 2014 Multidirectional waveguide arrays in a planar architecture

Ian D. Hosein, Hao Lin, Matthew R. Ponte, Dinesh Baskar, Kalaichelvi Saravanamuttu

Proceedings Volume 8983, Organic Photonic Materials and Devices XVI; 89830E (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2039970
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2014, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

We previously showed that large populations (<10, 000 cm^-3) of self-induced cylindrical multimode waveguides spontaneously form when an incoherent white light field suffers modulation instability in a photopolymerizable medium. By deliberately modulating the optical field and employing multiple beams, we then generated a diverse range of waveguide lattices with 1-D, 2-D and 3-D geometries. Here, we describe the potential of this technique - optochemical organization – to provide an inexpensive, single-step, room temperature route to waveguide-inscribed planar architectures, which could serve as light-collecting, steering and focusing elements.

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Ian D. Hosein, Hao Lin, Matthew R. Ponte, Dinesh Baskar, and Kalaichelvi Saravanamuttu "Multidirectional waveguide arrays in a planar architecture", Proc. SPIE 8983, Organic Photonic Materials and Devices XVI, 89830E (7 March 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2039970

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