Very low loss multimode polymeric optical waveguides

3 July 1997

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

Vol. 33 (14) , 1240-1242
https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19970841

Abstract

Very low loss multimode polymeric optical waveguides were fabricated on a 4 inch silicon substrate. Deuterated poly-methylmethacrylate was used as the core and UV curable epoxy resin as the cladding. The propagation losses of the waveguides were < 0.02 dB/cm at both 0.68 and 0.83 µm, and 0.07 dB/cm at 1.31 µm.

Keywords

SI SUBSTRATE
UV CURABLE EPOXY RESIN CLADDING
MULTIMODE OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES
LOW LOSS WAVEGUIDES
0.02 TO 0.07 DB
0.68 TO 1.31 MICRON
DEUTERATED POLY-METHYLMETHACRYLATE
POLYMERIC OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES
PROPAGATION LOSSES

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