• DocumentCode
    1704843
  • Title

    Fabrication of polymeric optical waveguides by B-staged bisbenzocyclobutene (BCB)

  • Author

    Gang, Shee Yu ; Kassim, Norazan Mohd ; Mohammad, Abu Bakar ; Ibrahim, Mohd Haniff

  • Author_Institution
    Fac. of Electr. Eng., Univ. Teknologi Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia
  • fYear
    2004
  • Abstract
    This paper reports the fabrication of polymeric optical waveguides. Single mode planar slab waveguides and straight waveguides had been fabricated from the organic polymer B-staged bisbenzocyclobutene (BCB) from DOW Chemical. A low cost fabrication method, chemical etching is used to form the waveguides on BK7 glass substrates. The processing conditions required for the fabrication of single mode optical waveguides are presented.
  • Keywords
    etching; glass; optical planar waveguides; optical polymers; B-staged bisbenzocyclobutene; BCB; BK7 glass substrates; chemical etching; organic polymer; planar slab waveguides; polymeric optical waveguides; single mode optical waveguides; straight waveguides; Costs; Etching; Glass; Optical device fabrication; Optical planar waveguides; Optical polymers; Optical waveguides; Organic chemicals; Planar waveguides; Slabs;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Semiconductor Electronics, 2004. ICSE 2004. IEEE International Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8658-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/SMELEC.2004.1620940
  • Filename
    1620940