UV patterned nanoporous solid-liquid core waveguides

作者:Gopalakrishnan Nimi*; Sagar Kaushal S; Christiansen Mads Brokner; Vigild Martin E; Ndoni Sokol; Kristensen Anders
来源:Optics Express, 2010, 18(12): 12903-12908.
DOI:10.1364/OE.18.012903

摘要

Nanoporous Solid-Liquid core waveguides were prepared by UV induced surface modification of hydrophobic nanoporous polymers. With this method, the index contrast (delta n = 0.20) is a result of selective water infiltration. The waveguide core is defined by UV light, rendering the exposed part of a nanoporous polymer block hydrophilic. A propagation loss of 0.62 dB/mm and a bend loss of 0.81 dB/90 degrees for bend radius as low as 1.75 mm was obtained in these multimode waveguides.

  • 出版日期2010-6-7