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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Optical Interconnects XXII |
| Editors | Ray T. Chen, Henning Schroder |
| Publisher | SPIE |
| ISBN (electronic) | 9781510648852 |
| Publication status | Published - 2022 |
| Event | Optical Interconnects XXII 2022 - Virtual, Online Duration: 20 Feb 2022 → 24 Feb 2022 |
Publication series
| Name | Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering |
|---|---|
| Volume | 12007 |
| ISSN (Print) | 0277-786X |
| ISSN (electronic) | 1996-756X |
Abstract
Flexographic printing enables the rapid production of complex planar optical networks at low costs. Only waveguides without an upper cladding have been fabricated using flexographic printing. In these systems, the waveguide core is guided in contact with air. The Polymer Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) has been used as the lower cladding in previous systems. In this paper, a process for a flexographically printed waveguide in a complete cladding of UV-curable polymer will be demonstrated for the first time. Straight waveguides with cladding are compared to waveguides with without an upper cladding. Attenuation is determined to be 1.85 dB cm-1 and 2.1 dB cm-1, respectively. In addition, s-bends are manufactured. For these, the cutoff radius is 22 mm (not cladded) and 30 - 45 mm (cladded). The results show that it is possible to manufacture waveguides suitable for industrial applications flexographically.
Keywords
- Cladding, Flexographic printing, Integrated optics, Optical attenuation, Optical circuit boards, Optics manufacturing, Polymer multimode waveguides, Waveguides
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Materials Science(all)
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Physics and Astronomy(all)
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Computer Science(all)
- Computer Science Applications
- Mathematics(all)
- Applied Mathematics
- Engineering(all)
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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Optical Interconnects XXII. ed. / Ray T. Chen; Henning Schroder. SPIE, 2022. 120070G (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 12007).
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N1 - Funding Information: This work was funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany’s Excellence Strategy within the Cluster of Excellence PhoenixD (EXC 2122, Project ID 390833453)
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
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KW - Optical attenuation
KW - Optical circuit boards
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KW - Polymer multimode waveguides
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T2 - Optical Interconnects XXII 2022
Y2 - 20 February 2022 through 24 February 2022
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