Low-loss polymeric optical waveguides fabricated with deuterated polyfluoromethacrylate

Author

Yoshimura, Ryoko ; Hikita, Makoto ; Tomaru, Satoru ; Imamura, Saburo

Author_Institution

NTT Opto-Electron. Labs., Ibaraki, Japan

Volume

16

Issue

6

fYear

1998

fDate

6/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1030

Lastpage

1037

Abstract

Deuterated polyfluoromethacrylate which has high transparency, low birefringence and good processability was newly synthesized for use as optical waveguide materials, and both single-mode and multimode optical waveguides were fabricated using the polymer. The propagation loss and waveguide birefringence of the single-mode waveguides were as low as 0.10 dB/cm and -5.5×10^-6 at 1.31 μm, respectively. The propagation losses of the multimode waveguides were less than 0.02 dB/cm at both 0.68 and 0.83 μm, and 0.07 dB/cm at 1.31 μm

Keywords

birefringence; integrated optics; optical communication equipment; optical fabrication; optical losses; optical polymers; optical waveguides; transparency; 1.31 mum; deuterated polyfluoromethacrylate; good processability; high transparency; low birefringence; low-loss polymeric optical waveguide fabrication; multimode optical waveguides; optical waveguide materials; propagation loss; single-mode waveguides; waveguide birefringence; Birefringence; Optical devices; Optical films; Optical interconnections; Optical losses; Optical materials; Optical polymers; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.681460

Filename

681460