Title :
A low-cost injection-molded polymeric channel waveguide
Author :
Xu, T. ; Lai, Z. ; Yang, Y. ; Bachman, M. ; Li, G.P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Irvine, CA, USA
Abstract :
Low-cost polymeric channel waveguides and Y-junction geometries without residual layer have been fabricated. They have good profiles and propagation performances. The waveguide´s propagation loss is 0.97 dB/cm including the material loss. The y-junction´s insertion loss is 1.38 dB.
Keywords :
injection moulding; light propagation; optical fabrication; optical losses; optical polymers; optical waveguide theory; waveguide lasers; 1.38 dB; Y-junction geometries; fabrication; injection-mold; low-cost polymeric channel waveguide; material loss; propagation loss; residual layer; y-junction insertion loss; Etching; Manufacturing; Optical device fabrication; Optical losses; Optical materials; Optical polymers; Optical waveguides; Resists; Shape; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248100
