Capped low loss polymer waveguide and method of making same
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    发明申请
    Capped low loss polymer waveguide and method of making same 审中-公开
    包覆的低损耗聚合物波导及其制造方法

    公开(公告)号:US20070047888A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-03-01

    申请号:US11507181

    申请日:2006-08-21

    申请人: Fuhan Liu

    发明人: Fuhan Liu

    IPC分类号: G02B6/10

    CPC分类号: G02B6/1221 G02B6/138

    摘要: Disclosed are guided optical devices comprising capped polymer ridged waveguides and methods of fabrication. An exemplary waveguide has a core with a cap (CapClad), bottom cladding and side cladding. The core is patterned together with cap to form the waveguide. The cap protects the core during processing after the core is coated and dried, and the cap layer is coated. Dust particles, contamination, mechanical damage, and process-induced defects on the top surface of the core are eliminated so that waveguide loss is minimized. Propagation loss measurements for reduced-to-practice embodiments have shown a 20% improvement of the capped waveguide over existing waveguides. The manufacturing yield of optical polymer waveguides and waveguide-based polymer devices is expected to be increase.

    摘要翻译: 公开了包括加盖聚合物脊状波导的导向光学器件和制造方法。 示例性的波导具有带有盖(CapClad),底部包层和侧包层的芯。 芯与盖一起构图以形成波导。 在芯被涂覆和干燥之后,盖在加工期间保护芯,并且覆盖层被涂覆。 消除了在芯的顶表面上的灰尘颗粒,污染,机械损伤和工艺引起的缺陷,使得波导损耗最小化。 减少到实践实施例的传播损耗测量结果表明,封装波导在现有波导上的20%改进。 预计光学聚合物波导和基于波导的聚合物器件的制造产量将增加。