Fabrication of polymer waveguides using a molding process

Wei-Chung Chuang; Chi-Ting Ho; Ruey Fang Shyu

doi:10.1117/1.2360689

1 October 2006 Fabrication of polymer waveguides using a molding process

Wei-Chung Chuang, Chi-Ting Ho, Ruey Fang Shyu

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 45, Issue 10, 103401 (October 2006). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2360689

Abstract

Polymer waveguides are successfully fabricated by a simple method, which is incorporated with a lithography-galvanic (LIGA)-like and micromolding process. The refractive index of the UV polymer used in these experiments is changed by an extremely low electric field. The measured propagation loss is 0.32 dB/cm for 1.3 µm and 0.30 dB/cm for 1.55 µm. This process is easy, simple, and suitable for mass production.

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Wei-Chung Chuang, Chi-Ting Ho, and Ruey Fang Shyu "Fabrication of polymer waveguides using a molding process," Optical Engineering 45(10), 103401 (1 October 2006). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2360689

Published: 1 October 2006

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