Direct laser-written waveguides for integrated liquid crystal micro-photonics

Igor Muševič; Mahendran Vellaichamy; Uroš Jagodič; Jaka Pišljar; Andreja Jelen; Andriy Nych; Miha Škarabot; Jaka Zaplotnik; Miha Ravnik

doi:10.1117/12.3022285

24 June 2024 Direct laser-written waveguides for integrated liquid crystal micro-photonics

Igor Muševič, Mahendran Vellaichamy, Uroš Jagodič, Jaka Pišljar, Andreja Jelen, Andriy Nych, Miha Škarabot, Jaka Zaplotnik, Miha Ravnik

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Proceedings Volume 13016, Liquid Crystals Optics and Photonic Devices; 130160H (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3022285
Event: SPIE Photonics Europe, 2024, Strasbourg, France

Abstract

We demonstrate that Direct Laser Writing (DLW) can be used to print low loss planar polymer waveguides on glass, thus promising a novel soft matter platform for polymer all-optic micro-photonics. We printed straight waveguides with various cross sections and lengths up to 900μm on a 500nm thin layer of low refractive index CYTOP on glass. We also printed two rectangular micro-prisms at each end of the waveguide, which provides coupling of light in and out of the waveguides. The printed structures were imaged and characterized by SEM and we measured the attenuation of light, propagating along the waveguides. While the high refractive index photosensitive resin IP-n162 shows moderate attenuation of ∼14dB/cm at 580nm, the IP-S photosensitive resin shows lower attenuation of ∼5-9dB/cm in a rather broad window around 580nm.

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Igor Muševič, Mahendran Vellaichamy, Uroš Jagodič, Jaka Pišljar, Andreja Jelen, Andriy Nych, Miha Škarabot, Jaka Zaplotnik, and Miha Ravnik "Direct laser-written waveguides for integrated liquid crystal micro-photonics", Proc. SPIE 13016, Liquid Crystals Optics and Photonic Devices, 130160H (24 June 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3022285

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