Journal article
UV patterned nanoporous solid-liquid core waveguides
NSE-Optofluidics Group, NanoSystemsEngineering Section, Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark1
NanoSystemsEngineering Section, Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark2
Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark3
The Danish Polymer Centre, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark4
Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark5
Self-organized Nanoporous Materials Group, Self-organizing materials for nanotechnology Section, Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark6
Self-organizing materials for nanotechnology Section, Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark7
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.
| Language: | English |
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| Year: | 2010 |
| Pages: | 12903-12908 |
| ISSN: | 10944087 |
| Types: | Journal article |
| DOI: | 10.1364/OE.18.012903 |
| ORCIDs: | Ndoni, Sokol and Kristensen, Anders |
