Zusammenfassung: | |
We demonstrate the manufacturing of embedded multimode optical waveguides through linking of polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) foils and cyclic olefin polymer (COP) filaments based on a lamination process. Since the two polymeric materials cannot be fused together through interdiffusion of polymer chains, we utilize a reactive lamination agent based on PMMA copolymers containing photoreactive 2-acryloyloxyanthraquinone units, which allows the creation of monolithic PMMA-COP substrates through C-H insertion reactions across the interface between the two materials. We elucidate the lamination process and evaluate the chemical link between filament and foils by carrying out extraction tests with a custom-built tensile testing machine. We also show attenuation measurements of the manufactured waveguides for different manufacturing parameters. The lamination process is in particular suited for large-scale and low-cost fabrication of board-level devices with optical waveguides or other micro-optical structures, e.g., optofluidic devices. © 2016 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE).
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Publikationstyp: | Article |
Publikationsstatus: | publishedVersion |
Erstveröffentlichung: | 2016 |
Schlagwörter (englisch): | optical sensing, optical waveguides, photonic technologies, reactive lamination, Interfaces (materials), Manufacture, Materials testing apparatus, Olefins, Optical waveguides, Polyesters, Polymers, Tensile testing, Waveguides, Attenuation measurements, Manufacturing parameters, Micro-optical structure, Multimode optical waveguides, Optical sensing, Photonic technologies, reactive lamination, Tensile testing machines, Laminating |
Fachliche Zuordnung (DDC): | 530 | Physik |
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