Applicability of the Mosquito method to fabricate fan-in/out device for single-mode multicore fiber

Matsui, Hiromitsu; Yakabe, Sho; Ishigure, Takaaki

doi:10.1109/icsj47124.2019.8998734

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“…We succeeded in fabricating single-mode polymer optical waveguides as well as multimode waveguides using the Mosquito method that we developed [7], and demonstrated the low propagation loss even at 1310/1550 nm wavelengths [8]. One of the features of the Mosquito method is that gradedindex (GI) profiles are formed in circular cores, because of the material diffusion between the core and cladding [9]. Contrastingly, we have recently applied the direct curing method, which is widely deployed as a conventional process for fabricating polymer optical waveguides, and fabricated step-index (SI) square-core single-mode polymer waveguides.…”

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Polarization Dependence of Optical Properties of Single-Mode Polymer Optical Waveguides Fabricated Under Different Processes at 1310/1550 nm

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Matsui

Hikita

et al. 2020

J. Lightwave Technol.

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We experimentally investigate the polarization dependence of the optical properties of single-mode polymer optical waveguides. We compare two types of waveguides composed of the same polymer materials: step-index square-core waveguides fabricated using the direct curing method and graded-index (GI) circular-core waveguides fabricated using the Mosquito method. We demonstrate that the GI circular-core single-mode waveguides exhibit remarkably small dependence of optical loss on the polarization angle, which is less than 0.1 dB polarization dependent loss (PDL) at both 1310 and 1550 nm wavelengths. This steady polarization property is attributed to the material stress free to the composing polymers during the fabrication process of the Mosquito method and to parabolic GI profile formed in symmetric circular core. Index Terms-Direct curing method, graded-index, optical interconnections, polarization dependent optical property, singlemode polymer optical waveguides, step-index, the Mosquito method.

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confidence: 99%