Low loss, flexible single-mode polymer photonics
Single-mode polymer photonics is of significant interest to short-reach data communications, photonic packaging, sensing, and biophotonic light delivery. We report here experimental demonstration of mechanically flexible waveguides fabricated by using commercial off-the-shelf biocompatible polymers...
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| author | Zuo, Haijie Yu, Shaoliang Gu, Tian Hu, Juejun |
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| description | Single-mode polymer photonics is of significant interest to short-reach data communications, photonic packaging, sensing, and biophotonic light delivery. We report here experimental demonstration of mechanically flexible waveguides fabricated by using commercial off-the-shelf biocompatible polymers that claim a record low propagation loss of 0.11 dB/cm near 850 nm wavelength. We also show the excellent flexibility of the freestanding waveguides which can withstand repeated deformation cycles at millimeter bending radius without compromising their low-loss characteristics. High-performance passive optical components, such as waveguide Y-branches, multi-mode interferometers (MMIs), and waveguide crossings are also realized using the polymer photonics platform. ©2019 Optical Society of America under the terms of the OSA Open Access Publishing Agreement |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1278022022-10-01T22:04:30Z Low loss, flexible single-mode polymer photonics Zuo, Haijie Yu, Shaoliang Gu, Tian Hu, Juejun Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering Single-mode polymer photonics is of significant interest to short-reach data communications, photonic packaging, sensing, and biophotonic light delivery. We report here experimental demonstration of mechanically flexible waveguides fabricated by using commercial off-the-shelf biocompatible polymers that claim a record low propagation loss of 0.11 dB/cm near 850 nm wavelength. We also show the excellent flexibility of the freestanding waveguides which can withstand repeated deformation cycles at millimeter bending radius without compromising their low-loss characteristics. High-performance passive optical components, such as waveguide Y-branches, multi-mode interferometers (MMIs), and waveguide crossings are also realized using the polymer photonics platform. ©2019 Optical Society of America under the terms of the OSA Open Access Publishing Agreement Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) US DOE (DE-AR0000847) 2020-10-02T21:49:58Z 2020-10-02T21:49:58Z 2019-04 2019-03 2020-09-14T15:13:42Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 1094-4087 https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/127802 Zuo, Haijie et al., "Low loss, flexible single-mode polymer photonics." Optics Express 27, 8 (April 2019): 11152-59 doi. 10.1364/OE.27.011152 ©2019 Authors en https://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.27.011152 Optics Express Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf The Optical Society OSA Publishing |
| spellingShingle | Zuo, Haijie Yu, Shaoliang Gu, Tian Hu, Juejun Low loss, flexible single-mode polymer photonics |
| title | Low loss, flexible single-mode polymer photonics |
| title_full | Low loss, flexible single-mode polymer photonics |
| title_fullStr | Low loss, flexible single-mode polymer photonics |
| title_full_unstemmed | Low loss, flexible single-mode polymer photonics |
| title_short | Low loss, flexible single-mode polymer photonics |
| title_sort | low loss flexible single mode polymer photonics |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/127802 |
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