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http://dx.doi.org/10.3807/KJOP.2012.23.1.012

Flexible Optical Waveguide Film with Embedded Mirrors for Short-distance Optical Interconnection  

An, Jong Bae (Nano-Photonics Research Center, Korea Photonics Technology Institute)
Lee, Woo-Jin (Nano-Photonics Research Center, Korea Photonics Technology Institute)
Hwang, Sung Hwan (Nano-Photonics Research Center, Korea Photonics Technology Institute)
Kim, Gye Won (Nano-Photonics Research Center, Korea Photonics Technology Institute)
Kim, Myoung Jin (Nano-Photonics Research Center, Korea Photonics Technology Institute)
Jung, Eun Joo (Nano-Photonics Research Center, Korea Photonics Technology Institute)
Rho, Byung Sup (Nano-Photonics Research Center, Korea Photonics Technology Institute)
Publication Information
Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics / v.23, no.1, 2012 , pp. 12-16 More about this Journal
Abstract
In the paper, we fabricated a Ni master with $45^{\circ}$-mirror structures for flexible waveguide fabrication. The flexible waveguide films with embedded $45^{\circ}$-angled mirrors at the waveguide ends were successfully fabricated using a UV-imprint process. Next, in order to enhance the reflectivity of the mirrors, Ni(3 nm)-Au(200 nm) bilayers were evaporated on the $45^{\circ}$-angled facets through a locally opened thin mask using an electron beam evaporator. We measured propagation loss, bending loss, mirror loss and bending reliability of the fabricated waveguide.
Keywords
UV-imprint process; Flexible optical waveguide; Optical interconnection;
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