Fabrication of optical waveguide using a non-contact printing technique

Geum-Yoon Oh; Hyungchan Kim; Jeong Beom Ko; Hyeon Beom Kim; Hyun Ko; Young-Wan Choi

doi:10.1117/12.2545317

25 February 2020 Fabrication of optical waveguide using a non-contact printing technique

Geum-Yoon Oh, Hyungchan Kim, Jeong Beom Ko, Hyeon Beom Kim, Hyun Ko, Young-Wan Choi

Proceedings Volume 11283, Integrated Optics: Devices, Materials, and Technologies XXIV; 1128323 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2545317
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2020, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Non-contact printing methods have recently attracted attention in the field of optoelectronics manufacturing including solar cells, light-emitting diodes, photodetectors, and transparent electrodes. Non-contact printing is a powerful and cost-effective technique for high-precision processing through the direct printing of optoelectronic devices. Multimode optical waveguides which are generally fabricated by lithography or reactive ion etching reported exhibiting minimum losses of 0.02 dB/cm and 0.2 dB/cm, respectively. Although these techniques are well established in the fabrication process, it is complicated and possible only with large-scale equipment. Non-contact printing technique can be used to solve these problems. In this paper, we design and demonstrate the printing of optical waveguides with a flexible substrate. The waveguide width was advanced through the nozzle design within 500 μm and applied to the high voltage and nozzle structure so that the capillary force does not damage the pattern.

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Geum-Yoon Oh, Hyungchan Kim, Jeong Beom Ko, Hyeon Beom Kim, Hyun Ko, and Young-Wan Choi "Fabrication of optical waveguide using a non-contact printing technique", Proc. SPIE 11283, Integrated Optics: Devices, Materials, and Technologies XXIV, 1128323 (25 February 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2545317

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