Laser Glass deposition of single-mode glass fibers for the fabrication of chip-scale photonic circuits

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  • Florian Spengler
  • Sven Olaf Waldhauer
  • Moritz Hinkelmann
  • Jörg Neumann
  • Stefan Kaierle
  • Dietmar Kracht
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)484-488
Seitenumfang5
FachzeitschriftProcedia CIRP
Jahrgang124
Frühes Online-Datum11 Sept. 2024
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2024
Veranstaltung13th CIRP Conference on Photonic Technologies, LANE 2024 - Fürth, Deutschland
Dauer: 15 Sept. 202419 Sept. 2024

Abstract

The use of glass, particularly fused silica (FS), instead of polymers or semiconductors as optical waveguide material is advantageous due to broadband transmission, reduced propagation losses, and enhanced thermal and mechanical stability. In this contribution, laser glass deposition for the chip-scale fabrication of FS-based optical waveguides is investigated. We use a CO2 laser with emission at a wavelength of 10.6 μm to weld conventional single-mode glass fibers onto a FS substrate, with the aim of maintaining the waveguide properties of the fibers. Synchronized translational and rotational axis movements allow for positioning of the waveguides in arbitrary geometries. Furthermore, a CO2 laser-based cleaving method is introduced, which facilitates on-chip creation of waveguide end facets for optical coupling. An analysis of the cleave geometry in dependence on process parameters as well as optical coupling losses are presented. Coupling losses of 0.88 dB for a laser-cleave and propagation losses of 0.56 dB/cm for a 10 cm on-chip welded fiber were achieved. The results pave the way for on-chip integration of fiber-based systems like lasers, sensing devices or optical communication networks.

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Laser Glass deposition of single-mode glass fibers for the fabrication of chip-scale photonic circuits. / Spengler, Florian; Olaf Waldhauer, Sven; Hinkelmann, Moritz et al.
in: Procedia CIRP, Jahrgang 124, 2024, S. 484-488.

Publikation: Beitrag in FachzeitschriftKonferenzaufsatz in FachzeitschriftForschungPeer-Review

Spengler, F, Olaf Waldhauer, S, Hinkelmann, M, Neumann, J, Kaierle, S & Kracht, D 2024, 'Laser Glass deposition of single-mode glass fibers for the fabrication of chip-scale photonic circuits', Procedia CIRP, Jg. 124, S. 484-488. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2024.08.158
Spengler, F., Olaf Waldhauer, S., Hinkelmann, M., Neumann, J., Kaierle, S., & Kracht, D. (2024). Laser Glass deposition of single-mode glass fibers for the fabrication of chip-scale photonic circuits. Procedia CIRP, 124, 484-488. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2024.08.158
Spengler F, Olaf Waldhauer S, Hinkelmann M, Neumann J, Kaierle S, Kracht D. Laser Glass deposition of single-mode glass fibers for the fabrication of chip-scale photonic circuits. Procedia CIRP. 2024;124:484-488. Epub 2024 Sep 11. doi: 10.1016/j.procir.2024.08.158
Spengler, Florian ; Olaf Waldhauer, Sven ; Hinkelmann, Moritz et al. / Laser Glass deposition of single-mode glass fibers for the fabrication of chip-scale photonic circuits. in: Procedia CIRP. 2024 ; Jahrgang 124. S. 484-488.
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