• DocumentCode
    3584525
  • Title

    A novel vacuum filling process for polymeric optical waveguide fabrication

  • Author

    Xu, Tao ; Li, Guann-Pyng ; Bachman, Mark ; Lai, Zhian ; Yang, Yang

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Irvine, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2002
  • Firstpage
    17
  • Lastpage
    18
  • Abstract
    A novel vacuum filling process for polymeric optical waveguide fabrication has been presented in this paper. The polymeric optical waveguides fabricated by this process have successfully been obtained. Some initial tests about the polymeric waveguide have been done. The testing results indicate that the polymeric waveguide has high quality, while the process is simple, low-cost, easy to fabricate channel waveguide, good for mass production, and suitable for almost all polymers.
  • Keywords
    etching; integrated optics; moulding; optical communication equipment; optical fabrication; optical losses; optical polymers; optical testing; optical waveguides; photolithography; channel waveguide; high quality; low-cost; mass production; optical testing results; polymeric optical waveguide fabrication; vacuum filling process; Etching; Filling; Lithography; Optical device fabrication; Optical polymers; Optical waveguides; Ovens; Semiconductor waveguides; Silicon; Writing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2002. OFC 2002
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-701-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2002.1036172
  • Filename
    1036172