Influence on the optical performance of droplets and enclosures in printed polymer optical waveguides

Carsten Backhaus; Johannes Förner; Alexander Wienke; Gerd-Albert Hoffmann; Yannic Eiche; Lukas Lorenz; Stefan Kaierle; Ludger Overmeyer; Jörg Franke; Karlheinz Bock; Norbert Lindlein

doi:10.1117/12.2577179

5 March 2021 Influence on the optical performance of droplets and enclosures in printed polymer optical waveguides

Carsten Backhaus, Johannes Förner, Alexander Wienke, Gerd-Albert Hoffmann, Yannic Eiche, Lukas Lorenz, Stefan Kaierle, Ludger Overmeyer, Jörg Franke, Karlheinz Bock, Norbert Lindlein

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Proceedings Volume 11680, Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices XXIX; 1168009 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2577179
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Abstract

Printing polymer optical waveguides by means of combined printing processes has proven to be a challenging but effective way of producing waveguides with a loss less than 0.3dB/cm. In order to evaluate the optical performance of the produced waveguides, optical simulations have been carried out. In this work we show the influence on the optical performance by simulating droplets and enclosures in multimode waveguides with a proprietary raytracing algorithm. Critical waveguide parameters such as width and height variation will be evaluated. Finally, experimentally achieved optical performance is presented and compared with the simulation result.

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Carsten Backhaus, Johannes Förner, Alexander Wienke, Gerd-Albert Hoffmann, Yannic Eiche, Lukas Lorenz, Stefan Kaierle, Ludger Overmeyer, Jörg Franke, Karlheinz Bock, and Norbert Lindlein "Influence on the optical performance of droplets and enclosures in printed polymer optical waveguides", Proc. SPIE 11680, Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices XXIX, 1168009 (5 March 2021); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2577179

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