TY - GEN
T1 - The design and fabrication of poly(dimethylsiloxane) single mode rib waveguides for lab-on-a-chip applications
AU - Poenar, Daniel Puiu
AU - Kee, Jack Sheng
AU - Neuzil, Pavel
AU - Yobas, Levent
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - This paper reports on the design and fabrication of Poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) single mode rib waveguide. PDMS was chosen as the base material for both the core and cladding of the waveguide. Such a PDMS waveguide allows an easy integration with microoptical components for lab-on-a-chip systems fabricated by soft lithography fabrication methods. The modification of the PDMS refractive index was achieved by diluting the base material with hexane. The fabricated PDMS rib waveguides were characterized for mode profile characteristics and the results confirmed the excitation of the waveguide's fundamental mode. The propagation loss was characterized at a wavelength of 635 nm and found to be 0.48 dB/cm. Such a low loss waveguide is useful as basic building block for complex microphonotnics device.
AB - This paper reports on the design and fabrication of Poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) single mode rib waveguide. PDMS was chosen as the base material for both the core and cladding of the waveguide. Such a PDMS waveguide allows an easy integration with microoptical components for lab-on-a-chip systems fabricated by soft lithography fabrication methods. The modification of the PDMS refractive index was achieved by diluting the base material with hexane. The fabricated PDMS rib waveguides were characterized for mode profile characteristics and the results confirmed the excitation of the waveguide's fundamental mode. The propagation loss was characterized at a wavelength of 635 nm and found to be 0.48 dB/cm. Such a low loss waveguide is useful as basic building block for complex microphonotnics device.
KW - Planar waveguides
KW - Polymer
KW - Single-mode waveguide
UR - https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000273130600011
UR - https://openalex.org/W2002371636
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/73549093419
U2 - 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.74.51
DO - 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.74.51
M3 - Conference Paper published in a book
SN - 0878493212
SN - 9780878493210
T3 - Advanced Materials Research
SP - 51
EP - 54
BT - NEMS/MEMS Technology and Devices - Selected, peer reviewed papers from the International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies 2009, ICMAT 2009
T2 - International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies, ICMAT 2009
Y2 - 28 June 2009 through 3 July 2009
ER -