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

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Contributors

  • Carsten Backhaus - , Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (Author)
  • Johannes Fornera - , Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (Author)
  • Alexander Wienke - , Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (Author)
  • Gerd Albert Homann - , Leibniz University Hannover (LUH) (Author)
  • Yannic Eiche - , Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (Author)
  • Lukas Lorenz - , Chair of Electronic Packaging Technology (Author)
  • Stefan Kaierle - , Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (Author)
  • Ludger Overmeyer - , Leibniz University Hannover (LUH) (Author)
  • Jorg Franke - , Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (Author)
  • Karlheinz Bock - , Chair of Electronic Packaging Technology (Author)
  • Norbert Lindlein - , Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (Author)

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 inuence 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

Details

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPhysics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices XXIX
EditorsBernd Witzigmann, Marek Osinski, Yasuhiko Arakawa
PublisherSPIE - The international society for optics and photonics, Bellingham
Number of pages9
ISBN (electronic)9781510641952
Publication statusPublished - 2021
Peer-reviewedYes

Publication series

SeriesProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume11680
ISSN0277-786X

Conference

TitlePhysics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices XXIX 2021
Duration6 - 11 March 2021
CityVirtual, Online
CountryUnited States of America

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0002-0757-3325/work/139064774
WOS 000702247600006
unpaywall 10.1117/12.2577179

Keywords

Keywords

  • 3d printing, Aerosol jet printing, Optical simulation, Polymer optical waveguides, Raytracing, Signal attenuation, Waveguide quality analysis, Waveguides