High index contrast polymer optical waveguides

Author

Adler, Asael ; Glazer, Yaron ; Bin-Nun, Moran ; Marom, Dan M.

Author_Institution

Appl. Phys. Dept., Hebrew Univ., Jerusalem, Israel

fYear

2010

fDate

17-20 Nov. 2010

Abstract

We report on a platform of polymer wave-guiding materials with properties amenable to subsequent doping with Semi-Conductor (SC) nanocrystals (NC). In this work we present the design of passive optical devices constructed with the polymer platform, its fabrication and characterization. A PFCB core and a Cytop© cladding (both being commercially available polymers) were chosen and combined as a core/cladding pair for the first time. These two polymers offer very small absorption at the optical communication wavelength of 1.55μm, and allow us to create high index contrast Δn of ~10%, which allows single mode operation with mode diameter of 1.5 μm.

Keywords

light absorption; nanophotonics; nanostructured materials; optical design techniques; optical fabrication; optical multilayers; optical polymers; optical waveguides; refractive index; semiconductor materials; high index contrast polymer optical waveguides; light absorption; optical cladding; optical communication wavelength; optical core-cladding pair; optical design; optical fabrication; passive optical device; semiconductor nanocrystal doping; single mode operation; wavelength 1.55 mum; Optical device fabrication; Optical waveguides; Polymers; Temperature distribution;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel (IEEEI), 2010 IEEE 26th Convention of

Conference_Location

Eliat

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8681-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EEEI.2010.5662095

Filename

5662095