Low loss passive polymer waveguides at 1300 and 1550 nm

Abstract

For the fabrication of low cost optical waveguides with low transmission loss polymeric materials and mass fabrication techniques are very promising. A further advantage of using polymers in combination with replication techniques is that waveguides together with structures for the passive alignment of fibres and possibly microoptic and optoelectronic components can be fabricated. With new waveguide polymer systems, low-loss buried integrated optical waveguides at 1300 and 1550 nm have been realized.