A novel fabrication technology of a polymer optical waveguide and its application

Akira Fujii; Toshihiko Suzuki; Keishi Shimizu; Kazutoshi Yatsuda; Masahiro Igusa; Shigemi Ohtsu; Eiichi Akutsu

doi:10.1117/12.752060

10 September 2007 A novel fabrication technology of a polymer optical waveguide and its application

Akira Fujii, Toshihiko Suzuki, Keishi Shimizu, Kazutoshi Yatsuda, Masahiro Igusa, Shigemi Ohtsu, Eiichi Akutsu

Proceedings Volume 6775, Active and Passive Optical Components for Communications VII; 677506 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.752060
Event: Optics East, 2007, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

This study describes a novel fabrication technology of multimode polymer optical waveguide, which is named "Large-area Advanced Micro Molding"(LAMM). One of the features of the LAMM method is to replicate the core shape of a waveguide using a silicone rubber mold. The benefits of using the LAMM method are: a low fabrication cost, environment friendliness due to zero emission and organic solvent free fabrication, and possibility to fabricate core sizes (30-120 μm). The multimode waveguide fabricated by the LAMM method provided low optical power loss of 0.06 dB/cm at 850 nm due to a flat boundary between core and cladding. In addition, by using a sandwich structure with high-durability films, the waveguide showed a good stability of <0.1 dB (waveguide length 70 mm) when left at 85 °C / 85% RH for 2000 hours and 0.03 dB/cm for soldering process. Using this fabrication method, we applied waveguides to form Y-branch and create horizontal 90° reflection micromirrors. An optical module using this waveguide with opt-electric devices such as vertical cavity surface emitting laser diodes (VCSELs) and photodiodes (PDs) showed error-free data transmission at the rate of 3.125 Gbps.

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Akira Fujii, Toshihiko Suzuki, Keishi Shimizu, Kazutoshi Yatsuda, Masahiro Igusa, Shigemi Ohtsu, and Eiichi Akutsu "A novel fabrication technology of a polymer optical waveguide and its application", Proc. SPIE 6775, Active and Passive Optical Components for Communications VII, 677506 (10 September 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.752060

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