DocumentCode
2325291
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
fYear
2003
fDate
23-28 March 2003
Firstpage
321
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN
1-55752-746-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248100
Filename
1248100
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