Fabrication of low loss polymer waveguides using injection moulding technology

18 February 1993

journal article
Published by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in Electronics Letters

Vol. 29 (4) , 399-401
https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19930268

Abstract

Singlemode polymer waveguides with low transmission loss at 1300 nm are fabricated by using injection moulding as low cost mass replication technology for the fabrication of polymer waveguide substrates. The waveguide pattern is incorporated in the substrates in the form of grooves which are filled by fully deuterated EGDMA. First buried singlemode waveguides have been realised with a transmission loss as low as 0.3 dB/cm at 1300nm.

Keywords

1300 NM
LOW LOSS POLYMER WAVEGUIDES
BURIED SINGLEMODE TYPE
FULLY DEUTERATED EGDMA
INJECTION MOULDING TECHNOLOGY
ETHYLENEGLYCOLDIMETHACRYLATE
LOW COST MASS REPLICATION
SINGLE MODE WAVEGUIDE
FABRICATION
TRANSMISSION LOSS
UV LIGHT LITHOGRAPHY