Inkjet printed single-mode waveguides on hot-embossed foils

Meike Hofmann; Yanfen Xiao; Stanislav Sherman; Patrick Bollgrün; Thomas Schmidt; Uwe Gleissner; Hans Zappe

doi:10.1117/12.2191335

24 September 2015 Inkjet printed single-mode waveguides on hot-embossed foils

Meike Hofmann, Yanfen Xiao, Stanislav Sherman, Patrick Bollgrün, Thomas Schmidt, Uwe Gleissner, Hans Zappe

Proceedings Volume 9628, Optical Systems Design 2015: Optical Fabrication, Testing, and Metrology V; 96281R (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2191335
Event: SPIE Optical Systems Design, 2015, Jena, Germany

Abstract

We report on the fabrication of all-polymer inverted rib waveguides by hot-embossing and inkjet printing. Inkjet printing as an additive fabrication technique is well suited for a fast, selective and automated patterning of large areas. In general, the lines that can be printed with polymer inks can serve as waveguides themselves but the dimensions are too big to form single-mode waveguides. To overcome this limitation we apply hot-embossed grooves as assist structures to ensure the lateral confinement of the guided wave. We show the waveguide design, spin-coated single-mode waveguides as an intermediate result and finally inkjet printed all-polymer waveguides and their optical performance.

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Meike Hofmann, Yanfen Xiao, Stanislav Sherman, Patrick Bollgrün, Thomas Schmidt, Uwe Gleissner, and Hans Zappe "Inkjet printed single-mode waveguides on hot-embossed foils", Proc. SPIE 9628, Optical Systems Design 2015: Optical Fabrication, Testing, and Metrology V, 96281R (24 September 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2191335

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