Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10408217 | Optics & Laser Technology | 2005 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Polymeric optical waveguides based on a new synthesized bisphenol A-aldehyde polymer (PA-1 resin) have been fabricated using photolithography and reactive ion etching technique. The polymer is novel with relatively high refractive index, low birefringence and absorption at the optical communication wavelengths. The single-mode channel waveguides exhibit a propagation loss of 0.41±0.05 dB/cm at a wavelength of 1.31μm and 0.5±0.05 dB/cm at 1.55μm for both the TE and TM polarizations. The polarization-dependent loss of the waveguides is 0.1±0.05 dB/cm at these wavelengths.
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Authors
J. Zhou, W.H. Wong, N.Q. Ngo, E.Y.B. Pun, Y.Q. Shen, Y.X. Zhao,