Polymeric optical waveguide with plastic optical fiber guides for passive alignment fabricated by hot embossing

Hirotaka Mizuno; Shane Jordan; Okihiro Sugihara; Toshikuni Kaino; Naomichi Okamoto; Motoshi Ohama

doi:10.1143/JJAP.43.L1496

Polymeric optical waveguide with plastic optical fiber guides for passive alignment fabricated by hot embossing

Hirotaka Mizuno, Shane Jordan, Okihiro Sugihara, Toshikuni Kaino, Naomichi Okamoto, Motoshi Ohama

Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials (IMRAM)

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Abstract

The simple fabrication of a passive alignment structure, and the simple connection of polymeric optical waveguides (POWs) and plastic optical fibers (POFs) are presented. Optical waveguides with large core sizes of 500 and 1000 μm were fabricated, and a low propagation loss of 0.21-0.23 dB/cm at 650 nm was achieved in these waveguides. Using a structure with the same core and fiber guide patterns as the master, a passive alignment structure was fabricated easily by hot embossing. POWs directly connected to POFs with passive alignment were realized and the coupling loss from POF to POF through POW was measured to be 1.6dB at an optimum core width of 900μm for 980μm core size POFs.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	L1496-L1498
Journal	Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 2: Letters
Volume	43
Issue number	11 B
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1143/JJAP.43.L1496
Publication status	Published - 2004 Nov 15

Keywords

Hot embossing
Large core
Low propagation loss
Passive alignment
Plastic optical fiber
Polymeric optical waveguide

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Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
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In: Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 2: Letters, Vol. 43, No. 11 B, 15.11.2004, p. L1496-L1498.

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