Gratings in polymeric waveguides

G. Mishakov; V. Sokolov; A. Kocabas; A. Aydinli

doi:10.1117/12.740028

10 April 2007 Gratings in polymeric waveguides

G. Mishakov, V. Sokolov, A. Kocabas, A. Aydinli

Proceedings Volume 6613, Laser Optics 2006: Wavefront Transformation and Laser Beam Control; 66130P (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.740028
Event: Laser Optics 2006, 2006, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

Abstract

Laser-induced formation of polymer Bragg grating filters for Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) applications is discussed. Acrylate monomers halogenated with both fluorine and chlorine, which possess absorption losses less than 0.25 dB/cm and wide choice of refractive indices (from 1.3 to 1.5) in the 1.5 &mgr;m telecom wavelength region were used. The monomers are highly intermixable thus permitting to adjust the refractive index of the composition within ±0.0001. Moreover they are photocurable under UV exposure and exhibit high contrast in polymerization. These properties make halogenated acrylates very promising for fabricating polymeric waveguides and photonic circuits. Single-mode polymer waveguides were fabricated on silicon wafers using resistless contact lithography. Submicron index gratings have been written in polymer waveguides using holographic exposure with He-Cd laser beam (325 nm) through a phase mask. Both uniform and apodized gratings have been fabricated. The gratings are stable and are not erased by uniform UV exposure. The waveguide gratings possess narrowband reflection spectra in the 1.5 μm wavelength region of 0.4 nm width, nearly rectangular shape of the stopband and reflectivity R > 99%. The fabricated Bragg grating filters can be used for multiplexing/demultiplexing optical signals in high-speed DWDM optical fiber networks.

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G. Mishakov, V. Sokolov, A. Kocabas, and A. Aydinli "Gratings in polymeric waveguides", Proc. SPIE 6613, Laser Optics 2006: Wavefront Transformation and Laser Beam Control, 66130P (10 April 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.740028

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