Fabrication of eight-channel array single-mode waveguides via vacuum assisted microfluidics

Sarfaraz Baig; Guomin Jiang; Qunhui Sun; Michael R. Wang

doi:10.1117/12.908136

Fabrication of eight-channel array single-mode waveguides via vacuum assisted microfluidics

Sarfaraz Baig, Guomin Jiang, Qunhui Sun, Michael R. Wang

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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1 Scopus citations

Abstract

We report on the fabrication of an eight-channel single-mode waveguide array via vacuum assisted microfluidic soft lithographic technique. The incorporation of sectional flow tapers perpendicular to the waveguide direction allows for the realization of long single-mode channel waveguide arrays, thus overcoming the waveguide length limitation set by the viscosity of the UV curable resin. The refractive index and other properties of the synthesized UV curable core waveguide resin can be tuned through the reformulation of material composition.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Advanced Fabrication Technologies for Micro/Nano Optics and Photonics V
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.908136
State	Published - Apr 16 2012
Event	Advanced Fabrication Technologies for Micro/Nano Optics and Photonics V - San Francisco, CA, United States Duration: Jan 24 2012 → Jan 25 2012

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	8249
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X

Other

Other	Advanced Fabrication Technologies for Micro/Nano Optics and Photonics V
Country	United States
City	San Francisco, CA
Period	1/24/12 → 1/25/12

Keywords

Microfluidic
Single-mode
Soft lithography
Uv-curable
Waveguides

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Applied Mathematics
Computer Science Applications
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics

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Fabrication of eight-channel array single-mode waveguides via vacuum assisted microfluidics. / Baig, Sarfaraz; Jiang, Guomin; Sun, Qunhui; Wang, Michael R.

Advanced Fabrication Technologies for Micro/Nano Optics and Photonics V. 2012. 82490P (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 8249).

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Baig, S, Jiang, G, Sun, Q & Wang, MR 2012, Fabrication of eight-channel array single-mode waveguides via vacuum assisted microfluidics. in Advanced Fabrication Technologies for Micro/Nano Optics and Photonics V., 82490P, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 8249, Advanced Fabrication Technologies for Micro/Nano Optics and Photonics V, San Francisco, CA, United States, 1/24/12. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.908136

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