Integrated light sources based on self-formed polymer waveguide doped with active medium

S. Sugimoto; T. Kawaguchi; K. Yamashita

doi:10.1117/12.921767

30 April 2012 Integrated light sources based on self-formed polymer waveguide doped with active medium

S. Sugimoto, T. Kawaguchi, K. Yamashita

Proceedings Volume 8435, Organic Photonics V; 84351O (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.921767
Event: SPIE Photonics Europe, 2012, Brussels, Belgium

Abstract

The polymer-based photonic devices have promise as optical components integrated in convenient microchip systems because of ease in the deposition and microfabrication of polymer materials. Furthermore, since the polymers can be easily doped with luminescent materials such as organic dyes, the organic light source devices are also considerable as the integrated optical components. Especially the self-formation method of the fiber type waveguide using the dyedoped photopolymers, called as self-written active (SWA) waveguide technique, brings a simple fabrication scheme of the light sources integrated in the polymer photonic circuit. It has been demonstrated that an in-line optical amplifier and a Fabry-Perot type lasing cavity can be obtained by using the SWA waveguide technique. In this study we have employed this technique to fabricate an incoherent light source with a wideband emission. A serially cascaded SWA waveguide doped with the different organic dyes could be fabricated with a single exposure process. The cascaded SWA waveguide could act as an incoherent light source under UV light irradiation. This device can be expected as a probing light source for the label-free microchip system, which would be available for the biological sensing, environmental measurements, and medical diagnosis.

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S. Sugimoto, T. Kawaguchi, and K. Yamashita "Integrated light sources based on self-formed polymer waveguide doped with active medium", Proc. SPIE 8435, Organic Photonics V, 84351O (30 April 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.921767

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