2006 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
LIGHT-INDUCED SELF-WRITTEN POLYMER OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE FOR SINGLE-MODE PROPAGATION AND FOR OPTICAL INTERCONNECTION
| Project/Area Number |
16360163
|
|---|
| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
|
| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
|---|
| Section | 一般 |
|---|
| Research Field |
Electron device/Electronic equipment
|
|---|
| Research Institution | TOHOKU UNIVERSITY |
|---|
Principal Investigator |
SUGIHARA Okihiro TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, INSTITUTE OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH OF ADVANCED MATERIALS, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, 多元物質科学研究所, 助教授 (30222053)
|
|---|
| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
KAINO Toshikuni TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, INSTITUTE OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH OF ADVANCED MATERIALS, PROFESSOR, 多元物質科学研究所, 教授 (00281709)
KOMATSU Kyoji TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, INSTITUTE OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH OF ADVANCED MATERIALS, RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, 多元物質科学研究所, 助手 (90261502)
|
|---|
| Project Period (FY) |
2004 – 2006
|
| Keywords | LIGHT-INDUCED SELF-WRITTEN OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE / SINGLE-MODE / OPTICAL INTERCONNECTION / SERIALLY GRAFTED WAVEGUIDE / PRE-UV TREATMENT / FUNCTHIONAL CHROMOPHORE |
|---|
| Research Abstract |
Light-induced self-written (LISW) polymeric optical waveguides were fabricated in a photopolymerizing resin mixture solution using a single-mode optical fiber. In order to realize a straight waveguide core, a pre-UV treatment was performed before core formation. Single-mode propagation of laser light at 1310 nm was realized by appropriately controlling the ratio of the resins in the mixture for the first time. Moreover, optical interconnection was demonstrated between two single-mode fibers was demonstrated based on this technology.
Furthermore, LISW waveguide technique for the fabrication of functional optical waveguide was realized using several chromophores, which have very little absorption at a writing wavelength. Serially grafted waveguides consisting of transparent and functional waveguides were successfully fabricated using LISW waveguide technique without any offset of core after passing through the thin glass partitions.
|
