Abstract
We have designed and fabricated polymer waveguides using the glassy polymers Cytop™ (a fluorinated polyether), PMMA C6 [poly(methyl methacrylate)], and Cyclotene™ 3022-35 (bisbenzocyclobutane). Since these materials exhibit excellent transparency over a wide wavelength range, and since the refractive index difference of Cytop™ and Cyclotene™ or Cytop™ and PMMA is greater than 0.19, both Cytop™/Cyclotene™/Cytop™ and Cytop™/PMMA/Cytop™ waveguide structures can be employed over a very wide wavelength range from the ultraviolet to the infrared. Efficient waveguiding is achieved for different light sources with 390, 633, 1064, 1310, and 1550 nm wavelengths.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2961-2963 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Applied Physics Letters |
| Volume | 77 |
| Issue number | 19 |
| Publication status | Published - Nov 6 2000 |
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- Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
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Zhao, Y. G., Lu, W. K., Ma, Y., Kim, S. S., Ho, S. T., & Marks, T. J. (2000). Polymer waveguides useful over a very wide wavelength range from the ultraviolet to infrared. Applied Physics Letters, 77(19), 2961-2963.