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http://dx.doi.org/10.3807/HKH.2007.18.2.149

Bragg Reflecting Waveguide Device Fabricated on a Flexible Substrate using a Nano-imprinting Technology  

Kim, Kyung-Jo (Nano-Bio Photonics Lab., Department of Electronics Engineering, Pusan National University)
Yi, Jeong-Ah (Nano-Bio Photonics Lab., Department of Electronics Engineering, Pusan National University)
Oh, Min-Cheol (Nano-Bio Photonics Lab., Department of Electronics Engineering, Pusan National University)
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Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics / v.18, no.2, 2007 , pp. 149-154 More about this Journal
Abstract
Bragg reflecting waveguide devices have been fabricated on a flexible polymer substrate utilizing a post lift-off process which could Provide excellent uniformity of grating Patterns on Plastic film. The 510 m Period Bragg grating pattern is made by two methods. In the first sample the grating is fabricated by exposing the laser interference pattern on a photoresist, and then it is inscribed by $O_2$ plasma etching. The grating pattern of the second sample is formed by a PDMS soft mold imprinting process. The selective adhesion property of SU-8 material for Au and Si surfaces is utilized to prepare a 100-mm thick plastic substrate. Single mode waveguide is fabricated on the plastic substrate using polymer materials with refractive indices of 1.540 and 1.430 for the core and the cladding layers, respectively. The Bragg grating on Plastic substrate does not show any degradation in its spectral response compared to the reference sample made on a silicon wafer.
Keywords
Polymeric optical waveguide; Bragg reflection grating; Nano-imprinting; Flexible substrate;
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