• DocumentCode
    1101396
  • Title

    Low-loss polymeric optical waveguides with high thermal stability

  • Author

    Usui, Mitsuo ; Imamura, Shun´ichi ; Sugawara, Shinji ; Hayashida, Shiho ; Sato, Hikaru ; Hikita, Masayuki ; Izawa, Tamon

  • Author_Institution
    NTT Opto-Electron. Labs., Ibaraki
  • Volume
    30
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    1994
  • fDate
    6/9/1994 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    958
  • Lastpage
    959
  • Abstract
    Singlemode polymeric optical waveguides are fabricated by using newly synthesised deuterated polysiloxane with high transparency and high thermal stability. The propagation loss of the waveguides is measured and found to be less than 0.1 dB/cm at 1.31 μm and less than 0.5 dB/cm at 1.55 μm. The propagation loss dependence on wavelength in the infra-red region of the waveguide remains unchanged after heating at 120°C for 10 h
  • Keywords
    integrated optics; optical losses; optical polymers; optical waveguides; thermal stresses; transparency; 1.31 mum; 1.55 mum; 10 h; 120 C; heating; high thermal stability; high transparency; infra-red region; low-loss polymeric optical waveguides; propagation loss; propagation loss dependence; singlemode polymeric optical waveguides; synthesised deuterated polysiloxane;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19940677
  • Filename
    293066